A/HRC/27/39 Contents Paragraphs Page I. Introduction............................................................................................................. 1–3 3 II. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and national human rights institutions .................................................................... 4–82 3 A. Advisory services ........................................................................................... 4–68 3 B. Support by the Office of the High Commissioner for regional and subregional initiatives by national human rights institutions.......................... 69–77 10 Contributions by the Office of the High Commissioner to international initiatives supporting national human rights institutions ................................ 78–82 12 Cooperation between United Nations human rights mechanisms and national human rights institutions .................................................................... 83–99 12 A. Human Rights Council ................................................................................... 83–91 12 B. Treaty bodies .................................................................................................. 92–98 13 C. Other meetings ............................................................................................... 99 14 Cooperation with and support to national human rights institutions by international and regional organizations ................................................................. 100–101 15 Recommendations................................................................................................... 102–114 15 A. Recommendations to States............................................................................ 102–108 15 B. Recommendations to national human rights institutions ................................ 109–113 16 I. Submissions of national human rights institutions to the Human Rights Council ........................... 17 II. Engagement of national human rights institutions in the second cycle of the universal periodic review (2012–2016) ................................................................................. 22 Engagement of national human rights institutions in the work of the treaty bodies (April 2013–May 2014) ................................................................................................................... 24 C. III. IV. V. Annexes III. 2