A/HRC/43/31 Contents Page I. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 3 II. Definition and history of technical assistance and capacity-building............................................... 3 III. Technical assistance, capacity-building and human rights ............................................................... 5 IV. Legal basis for technical assistance .................................................................................................. 6 V. Mutually beneficial cooperation ....................................................................................................... 6 VI. Information provided by States to the Advisory Committee with regard to international and national technical assistance programmes promoted on their own initiative ............................. 8 International and regional organizations, specialized agencies, States, national human rights institutions, non-governmental organizations and technical assistance. ........................................... 9 VIII. Human Rights Council and technical assistance. ............................................................................. 10 IX. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and technical assistance....... 11 X. Technical assistance and capacity-building in reporting to treaty bodies and implementing their recommendations ............................................................................................................................. 13 XI. Achievements of and obstacles to technical assistance. ................................................................... 15 XII. Best practices in technical assistance and capacity-building. ........................................................... 15 XIII. Recommendations. ........................................................................................................................... 16 VII. 2