A/HRC/10/55 page 15 (c) Guide the Sub-Committee on Accreditation in its determination of new accreditation applications, re-accreditation applications or special reviews: (i) If an institution falls substantially short of the standards articulated in the General Observations, it would be open for the Sub-Committee to find that it was not Paris Principle compliant; (ii) If the Sub-Committee has noted concern about an institution’s compliance with any of the General Observations, it may consider what steps, if any, have been taken by an institution to address those concerns in future applications. If the Sub-Committee is not provided with proof of efforts to address the General Observations previously made, or offered a reasonable explanation why no efforts had been made, it would be open to the Sub-Committee to interpret such lack of progress as non-compliance with the Paris Principles. 1.9. The Sub-Committee notes that in all applications considered reference could be made to General Observation “Interaction with the International Human Rights System” and encourages all NHRIs to interact consistently with the international human rights system (UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies, Special Procedures mandate holders and Human Rights Council, including the UPR), providing information independently of the Government and later ensuring follow up action to recommendations resulting from that system (and to rely on the services of the ICC Representative in Geneva when necessary). 1.10. The Sub-Committee notes that it received the “Guidelines for the Sub-Committee on Accreditation for the application of General Observations” (attached as Annex 4) approved in principle at the 20th session of the ICC in April 2008. 1.11. The Sub-Committee notes that when specific issues are raised in its report in relation to accreditation, re-accreditation and special review, NHRIs are required to address these issues in any subsequent application or special review. 1.12. In accordance with the ICC Rules of Procedure, the Sub-Committee encourages all accredited NHRIs to inform the ICC at the first available opportunity about circumstances that would negatively affect their ability to meet the standards and obligations of the Paris Principles. 1.13. When the Sub-Committee is to consider particular issues within a specified time-frame, the outcome of the review may affect the accreditation status. 1.14. As provided for in the “Decision Paper on the Review of ICC Accreditation Procedures for National Human Rights Institutions (NHRI) March 2008” (attached as Annex 5) adopted by the ICC at its 20th session in April 2008 (Decision Paper), the results of the accreditation review will first be communicated to the affected NHRI with a time frame of 30 days to respond to the issues addressed by the Sub-Committee members. At the expiration of the 30 days, the report will be sent to the ICC voting members.