A/HRC/31/31 53. With the conclusion of the work of the Commission on Poverty, the Government of Hong Kong, China, established the Task Force on Poverty in 2007. Headed by the Secretary for Labour and Welfare, the Task Force was charged with monitoring the implementation of the recommendations of the Commission on Poverty and with coordinating the cross-governmental efforts to tackle poverty-related issues. The Task Force notably adopted 24 multidimensional poverty indicators recommended by the Commission in order to monitor the overall poverty situation: Among these 24 poverty indicators, 18 are life-cycle based, covering children and youth, working people and adults, as well as elders, while the remaining six are community based, reflecting the difference in poverty situation across districts. Using these indicators, we can monitor the poverty situation in Hong Kong from different perspectives and identify the needs of different disadvantaged groups and people across different districts, as a basis for the formulation and evaluation of policies to assist the needy. These indicators are updated regularly and released for the public’s reference. (See E/C.12/CHN-HKG/3, para. 11.22.) 54. Scotland, United Kingdom, has developed informative videos that have been broadcasted in the media on the National Human Rights Action Plan, including short films on how human rights improve people’s health and care. Information on the development of the Action Plan, as well as information on adopted indicators, implementation and monitoring, is also easily accessible through a dedicated website.43 55. In Mexico, the High Court of Justice of the Federal District and OHCHR developed indicators on the right to fair trial in 2010. The Court made these indicators publicly available and received a national award for innovation in providing access to information to the public in 2012.44 56. The right to information includes access to data and the methods used for its gathering. When based on a number of principles,45 freedom of information and right to information acts can prove useful in overseeing the measurement of human rights at national level. 57. Rights holders are using indicators to claim their rights and monitor commitments made by Governments to remedy their situation. Together with civil society organizations, the residents of the Seven Towers apartment complex in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, developed six indicators, including process and outcome indicators, to support their claim that their right to adequate housing had been violated. The Minister for Social Development made a commitment to improving their housing conditions by meeting the benchmarks suggested by the community, while the community regularly monitors the implementation of these commitments using the aforementioned indicators. 46 In this 43 44 45 46 16 See Scottish National Human Rights Action Plan for Human Rights. Available at www.scottishhumanrights.com/actionplan. See www.poderjudicialdf.gob.mx/es/PJDF/Indicadores and estadistica.tsjdf.gob.mx/portal/docs/ seminario1/Indicadores-Derechos-Humanos.pdf.and http://www.infodf.org.mx/web/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1151&Itemid=999 These principles would include maximum disclosure of information and the obligation to publish key elements, the promotion of open government and open meeting of public bodies, strictly limiting the scope of exceptions to access information, rapid and fair process of information requests with an independent review of any refusals, affordable costs of access, and protection of persons who release information on wrongdoing (whistle-blowers). See Toby Mendel, Freedom of Information: A Comparative Legal Survey, second edition (Paris, UNESCO, 2008). Seven Towers Monitoring Group, “Fourth report on progress of human rights indicators”, 2009. Available from www.pprproject.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=33.