A/HRC/31/31 headed by women, seasonal labourers or older people, and women who had separated from their husbands. Urban poor communities have many unwed couples, and the practice of listing only the man’s name posed a significant risk to their unmarried partners. In the end, the Government agreed to include people omitted from its list when supporting documents for their claims were presented. The dialogue between the State and community also led to the improvement of a number of other economic, social and cultural rights.35 VI. Independence at all stages of the process and legitimate decision-making 45. The design of measurement methodologies and the interpretation of the results may be biased owing to political or other factors. Therefore, the legitimacy of the measurement process and subsequent decision-making needs to be preserved through safeguards guaranteeing independence and objectivity. 46. The professional independence, scientific competence and impartiality of statistical agencies are crucial to gain the trust of the public in official statistics. Good practices in maintaining the independence of statistical agencies include: (a) the existence of laws or formal provisions on the professional independence of statistical agencies; (b) transparent procedures of recruitment; and (c) the compilation of statistics and procedures that are free from political interference.36 47. In Finland, the Ministry of Justice has commissioned an external evaluation of its first National Action Plan on Fundamental and Human Rights (2012-2013). Implementation of the Plan is monitored independently by a government network of contact persons for fundamental and human rights and the Human Rights Delegation, a body whose members broadly represent human rights actors in the country. Human rights indicators were developed to monitor the implementation of fundamental and human rights policies and for reporting to international human rights mechanisms. 37 48. In 2013, the Government of Uganda launched Uganda Vision 2040, an overarching national planning framework, under which human rights is considered a prerequisite for development. The Vision was developed by the National Planning Authority in consultation with other national stakeholders and partners. In line with the Vision, the Government shall ensure that the human rights-based approach to development is integrated into policies, legislation, plans and programmes. In order to strengthen the integration of human rights into plans and to identify and refine indicators, training was given to planning officers, chief administrative officers and community development and population officers from a number of districts and thematic sectors. Several inclusive consultative workshops were conducted at the regional level, enabling local government leaders to address their human 35 36 37 14 Ibid., p. 53. For other good practices, see the United Nations, “Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics: implementation guidelines” (2015). Available at http://unstats.un.org/unsd/dnss/ gp/impguide.aspx. Examples of good country practices in implementing the Fundamental Principle of Official Statistics can be found in the database compiled by the Statistics Division, at http://unstats.un.org/unsd/dnss/gp/searchgp.aspx. See Finland, National Action Plan on Fundamental and Human Rights (2012-2013). Available at www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/PlansActions/Pages/PlansofActionIndex.aspx; Finland, Human Rights Report 2014 and www.ihmisoikeuskeskus.fi/in-english/what-we-do/monitoring-of-theimplementation.