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broad inter-institutional composition enables the mainstreaming of human rights in all
governmental areas and competencies. The network also prepared the 2010-2011 Plan of
Action, a reflection of the determined will of the Government to implement its human
rights obligations through inter-institutional work with clearly defined priorities. One of
those priorities was the strengthening of the follow-up to human rights recommendations,
for which Paraguay committed to ensuring continuous State-led monitoring of its actions in
implementing its commitments.
23.
Mr. Bibolini mentioned that Paraguay had also established an inter-institutional
executive commission for implementing international judgments with the aim of
implementing the judgments handed down in respect of Paraguay by international courts,
such as the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and making progress in the
implementation of the recommendations issued by the Inter-American Commission on
Human Rights.
24.
As a consequence of the challenges inherent to inter-institutional coordination and
articulation for the follow-up and implementation of recommendations made by
international bodies, the Government, in cooperation with the OHCHR human rights
adviser in Paraguay, created SIMORE, a system to monitor human rights recommendations
addressed to Paraguay. SIMORE is an online public platform to follow up on the
implementation of recommendations made by treaty bodies and special procedures, as well
as judgments handed down by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. This tool is part
of the national mechanism for follow-up and implementation of international human rights
recommendations and plays a significant role in the implementation of those
recommendations, the preparation of reports and the development of governmental human
rights policies and programmes, among other benefits.
25.
SIMORE complements the work carried out by the human rights network at the
executive level. Its operation is ensured by 45 focal points in 36 institutions, who are tasked
with following up the international human rights recommendations assigned to their
respective institutions. It is managed jointly by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the
Ministry of Justice. The focal points upload to SIMORE the activities carried out by their
respective institutions to implement the recommendations under their responsibility. It
enables the updating of official information, which can be used for the drafting of reports to
be submitted to the various international mechanisms.
26.
Mr. Bibolini stressed that SIMORE made it easy for civil society to be kept
officially informed about the status of implementation of international human rights
recommendations and hence, about obligations deriving from international human rights
instruments. This is particularly useful for civil society organizations when they prepare
their own reports.
27.
He added that it was fundamental that the State, as the main actor for promoting and
protecting human rights, share information on SIMORE so as to demonstrate the
transparency of the national follow-up mechanism, which indirectly acts as an
accountability tool since the information contained in it is broad and available to the public.
28.
During the second cycle of the universal periodic review, Paraguay became a
member of the Human Rights Council, for the first time, and assumed the responsibility for
promoting initiatives that contribute significantly to strengthening the promotion and
protection of human rights. In this context, Paraguay, together with Brazil, initiated Council
resolution 30/25 — the first of its kind —, which was co-sponsored by 53 countries. In
addition, at the invitation of OHCHR, Paraguay shared the SIMORE experience in
seminars and workshops attended by representatives of more than 50 countries in Latin
America, the Caribbean, Africa, Asia and the Pacific. Furthermore, Paraguay recently
started developing a bilateral technical cooperation programme for countries seeking to set
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