A/HRC/10/55 page 25 1.7. In accordance with the Paris Principles and the ICC Sub-Committee Rules of Procedure, the different classifications for accreditation used by the Sub-Committee are: A: Compliance with the Paris Principles; B: Observer status - Not fully in compliance with the Paris Principles or insufficient information provided to make a determination; C: Non-compliance with the Paris Principles. 1.8. The Sub-Committee formulated General Observations (attached as Annex 3). Recommendation: The Sub-Committee recommends the adoption of General Observations attached as Annex 3, provided that, should any member of the ICC Bureau request that one or more of the General Observations be referred to the ICC22 Bureau meeting, that/those General Observation(s) shall be considered by the ICC Bureau at ICC22 in March 2009. 1.9. The General Observations, as interpretative tools of the Paris Principles, may be used to: (a) Instruct institutions when they are developing their own processes and mechanisms, to ensure Paris Principles compliance; (b) Persuade domestic governments to address or remedy issues relating to an institution’s compliance with the standards articulated in the General Observations; (c) Guide the Sub-Committee on Accreditation in its determination of new accreditation applications, re-accreditation applications or other review: (i) If an institution falls substantially short of the standards articulated in the General Observations, it will 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. 1.10. The Sub-Committee notes that in all applications considered reference could be made to the General Observation 1.4 “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