A/HRC/38/25 establishment of a parliamentary committee with an exclusive human rights mandate sends a strong political message and should be encouraged (see A/72/351, para. 35). 12. Section III of the present document addresses the growing international focus on the role of parliaments, elaborating upon their role in the promotion and protection of human rights. Section IV contains an analysis of responses to the questionnaire for parliaments sent pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 35/29. III. A growing international focus 13. Recognizing the important role of parliaments, the Human Rights Council has been exploring ways to improve their contribution to its work and its universal periodic review, in particular through its resolutions 22/15, 26/29, 30/14 and 35/29. 14. The Human Rights Council, in its resolution 30/14, decided to convene, at its thirtysecond session, on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Council, a panel discussion to take stock of the contribution of parliaments to the work of the Council and its universal periodic review, and to identify ways to further enhance that contribution. The panel discussion was held on 22 June 2016. The summary report of the discussion (A/HRC/35/16) lists the following observations and recommendations, which were put forward at the end of the discussion: (a) The need for parliamentarians to mainstream human rights international norms in their national legislation; (b) The need for parliamentarians to identify adequate resources and expertise to enable them to become involved in the international human rights arena; (c) The implementation of the Belgrade Principles on the relationship between national human rights institutions and parliaments, 1 and the important role to be played by civil society in support of parliaments in order to ensure the compliance of national legislation with international human rights norms and standards; (d) While parliamentarians should be more proactive in their engagement in the work of the universal periodic review and other human rights mechanisms, the Council should also take into account where possible the work of parliaments in its deliberations and ensure their protection in the discharge of their mandate; (e) The need for parliamentarians to actively participate in national mechanisms for reporting and follow-up and resulting national human rights action plans and to contribute to the implementation of recommendations for which legislative action is required; (f) The need for parliamentarians to engage more proactively and systematically in the work of human rights mechanisms through a set of principles and guidelines; (g) The need for parliaments, especially existing parliamentary human rights committees, to oversee human rights policies and actions by Governments, especially the implementation of recommendations resulting from the international human rights mechanisms. 15. In its resolution 35/29, the Human Rights Council acknowledged the crucial role that parliaments played in, inter alia, translating international commitments into national policies and laws, including by supporting the implementation of recommendations generated by the international human rights mechanisms, especially the recommendations supported by the State concerned in the framework of the universal periodic review, as appropriate, and hence their contribution to the fulfilment by each Member State of the United Nations of its human rights obligations and commitments, and to the strengthening of the rule of law. 1 4 See https://nhri.ohchr.org/EN/Themes/Portuguese/DocumentsPage/Belgrade%20Principles %20Final.pdf.