A/HRC/39/20 A. Human Rights Council 54. In coordination with the Global Alliance, OHCHR continued to support the engagement of national human rights institutions with the Human Rights Council and its mechanisms. 55. In accordance with the rules of procedure of the Human Rights Council, which enable the participation of national human rights institutions compliant with the Paris Principles in its sessions, 23 national human rights institutions delivered statements (9 in writing and 44 orally, including 17 by video), 4 submitted documentation, participated in general debates, organized parallel events or interacted with special procedure mandate holders (see annex I). 1. Universal periodic review 56. In accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 16/21 and General Assembly resolution 65/281, the stakeholders’ reports include a section dedicated to the contributions of national human rights institutions. 57. In November 2017, during the twenty-eighth session of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, six institutions with A status and one with B status submitted information for reports summarizing information from stakeholders. In January 2018, at the twenty-ninth session of the Working Group, three institutions with A status and one with B status submitted input for stakeholders’ reports. During the thirtieth session of the Working Group in May 2018, four institutions with A status and one with B status submitted information for the stakeholders’ report (see annex II). 58. Given the role that national human rights institutions can play in the follow-up to the universal periodic review and in developing tools to monitor and assess progress in the implementation of the recommendations, OHCHR continued to support and encourage their participation in the review. 2. Special procedures 59. In accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 16/21 and General Assembly resolution 65/281, during sessions of the Human Rights Council, institutions with A status are able to intervene immediately after the State concerned during the interactive dialogue between the Council and special procedure mandate holders following their presentation of their country mission reports. Furthermore, institutions with A status may nominate candidates for special procedure mandates. 60. The Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons has strengthened her engagement with national human rights institutions. In September 2017, she participated in the annual conference of South-East Asian national human rights institutions and, in November 2017, she facilitated a session on the impact of conflict on internally displaced persons and refugees and the role of national human rights institutions during the biennial conference of the Asia-Pacific Forum. During the annual meeting of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions in February 2018, the Special Rapporteur organized a side event on the work of national human rights institutions with the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement and a workshop for selected national human rights institutions to share their experience in addressing internal displacement. 3. Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 61. A session of the annual meeting of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions was dedicated to developing guidelines on the collaboration of the Expert 4 10 Compared with the previous reporting period (September 2016–August 2017), there was a decrease of 53 per cent in the number of written statements submitted by national institutions and an increase of 5 per cent in the number of oral statements. Participation through video statements increased by 12 per cent between the two reporting periods and by 140 per cent between the previous reporting period and the thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh sessions of the Human Rights Council.