A/HRC/41/40 resources and services for those affected by human rights violations, including community assistance for families that had been forcibly displaced, and now has a centre for crisis, conflict and humanitarian protection. 9. Reporting and public information 77. National human rights institutions are empowered to provide opinions, recommendations, proposals and reports on any matters concerning the promotion and protection of human rights, and may decide to publicize them. Comprehensive public reporting on the human rights situation of IDPs, including recommendations and reports to parliaments and other State bodies, helps to influence government policy and decisionmaking and encourages relevant follow-up actions. The public nature of reporting by NHRIs provides an essential evidence base and holds government bodies to account. Among others, the NHRIs in El Salvador, Georgia, Honduras, Iraq, Nepal, the Philippines and Ukraine regularly produce reports on the human rights situation of IDPs based on their monitoring and make recommendations. 78. Some Governments do not officially recognize internal displacement resulting from certain causes, including generalized violence, and hence the human rights implications for those displaced. National human rights institutions, including those in El Salvador and Mexico, have spearheaded studies on internal displacement that provide essential data revealing the displacement impact of gang violence and the human rights issues affecting IDPs. Such baseline data raise awareness among government officials and the general population and provide a key tool for advocating for protection and solutions for vulnerable IDPs who receive little or no government assistance. Institutions highlighted the need for proactive outreach to IDPs in order to record cases and provide assistance, including for those who are difficult to reach, as well as to fully reflect the extent of the problem. They recognized that, for some highly vulnerable IDPs, invisibility is a coping and survival strategy, for example where they may be at risk of further violence and there is a lack of protection measures. 79. National human rights institutions utilize the reporting, monitoring and informationgathering mechanisms of regional and international human rights bodies and mechanisms monitoring national implementation of human rights standards. They provide reports to United Nations human rights treaty bodies, including the Human Rights Committee and the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the universal periodic review mechanism and special procedures, among others. Such reports should reflect internal displacement issues. They can utilize the relevant recommendations and outputs of such mechanisms to assist their national advocacy efforts. Because most international mechanisms lack enforcement powers at the national level, NHRIs can help to make their recommendations a reality. 10. National human rights institutions in protracted displacement and achieving durable solutions 80. Internal displacement frequently continues once the immediate humanitarian crisis ends, and there is often a major gap in protection and achieving durable solutions that still requires the engagement of NHRIs. Indeed, NHRIs contribute to ensuring that displacement does not become protracted through their sustained advocacy for rapid and appropriate solutions. However, when displacement does become protracted, the role of NHRIs is critical in keeping attention fixed on the human rights of IDPs as key humanitarian partners reduce their presence and activities. The important role of NHRIs in advocating for durable solutions for IDPs is vital when attention to their concerns and rights has waned over time, including on the part of Government. 81. National human rights institutions must ensure that measures to reduce internal displacement conform to international standards, including the IASC Framework on Durable Solutions for Internally Displaced Persons, which are based on international human rights standards. The nature of protracted displacement means that NHRIs may need to be closely engaged with IDPs for months or even years, until no human rights concerns related to their displacement remain and durable solutions are achieved. Just as national Governments have a responsibility to provide specific support to IDPs until durable 17