Treaty body chairs meeting, item 4(e)

Here are my comments to item 4(e) on the agenda of the treaty body chairs. 

Item 4(e) Briefing on the OHCHR treaty body capacity-building programme

•       Measureable statistics – does reporting compliance improve after these programmes are implemented?
•       Should include implementation topics in the capacity-building training, including a listing of implementation guidance documents that should be consulted by the state party for each treaty, indexed by topic
•       Encourage continuity of personnel on the state party’s treaty body team, new members should join after last review, go through the OHCHR training, and serve through next report’s review
•       Capacity building should include how often and how to update common core report
•       Encourage establishment of a standing, national reporting and implementation mechanism – identify common success factors
•       Encourage official government websites be established by each state party, posting information on the state party’s treaty body compliance
•       Encourage consultation with civil society in creating and operating the capacity-building programme; polling the local civil society on its concerns should be part of best practices identified in the capacity building program