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10.
OHCHR has revitalized a strategic vision for follow-up to the universal periodic
review that is more proactive, systematic and results-oriented. This newly revitalized
strategy for that follow-up has enabled OHCHR to provide more effective support to States
on the ground, whether directly or through ensuring the integration of support in United
Nations country team programming on follow-up, to enable States to achieve concrete
results for the promotion and protection of human rights.
11.
Building on lessons learned, OHCHR has focused its support on establishing and/or
strengthening national processes for follow-up: a well-functioning inter-institutional body
has been identified as a key element for more effective follow-up at the national level,
along with an implementation action plan that clearly identifies achievable results and
priorities, responsible national government agencies for implementation, as well as
indicators and timelines against which to measure impact. Furthermore, OHCHR has been
providing support to key thematic issues contained in such an implementation action plan,
which have been identified as priority issues for implementation.
12.
The documentation of best practices is also an important priority for OHCHR. It is
vital that good practices on national processes for follow-up, including on how the United
Nations agencies at country level are working together to promote Human Rights Up Front,
should be made available as widely as possible. The Voluntary Fund therefore continues to
fund the documentation of good practices, in particular on such national processes. It also
seeks to document good practices and lessons learned on implementation of important
thematic issues that were raised in universal periodic review recommendations.
III. Activities to be supported by the Fund during 2015
13.
As noted above, in an effort to systematize support given to States, technical
assistance will be provided to a number of States, focusing on the establishment and/or
strengthening of national follow-up processes.
14.
For instance, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, continuing support will be provided to the
Government through the United Nations country team for the purpose of the latter’s
preparing an implementation plan for the second-cycle universal periodic review
recommendations through workshops and advice, strengthening its engagement with
stakeholders, including the Ombudsman, and training civil servants.
15.
In Chad, technical assistance will be provided to the authorities to draft and adopt, in
collaboration with civil society, a national action plan for the implementation of the
recommendations emanating from the treaty bodies and the universal periodic review.
Assistance will also be provided for the purposes of reworking the statutes of the National
Human Rights Commission and strengthening the capacity of its members in line with the
principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of
human rights (the Paris Principles).
16.
In Costa Rica, the Regional Office for Central America will continue supporting and
assisting the country to strengthen the capacity of the inter-institutional commission to
follow-up on the implementation of recommendations from human rights mechanisms and
providing technical advice on prioritized recommendations. In particular, OHCHR will
assist in defining a roadmap to follow up on universal periodic review recommendations
from the first and second cycle, and assist in the mainstreaming of recommendations from
all human rights mechanisms in United Nations programming and assistance.
17.
In the Dominican Republic, through the human rights adviser, support will be
provided to promote dialogue between State institutions and civil society and to advance
the process of designing a national human rights action plan to follow up on universal
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