A/HRC/18/24 strategies, programmes and related activities for the promotion and protection of human rights? YES/NO If YES, please describe briefly the purpose of the interaction (e.g. new collection/dissemination of statistics, data disaggregation, data protection and/or other issues related to statistical legislations) and related institutional arrangements for the interactions with the statistical authorities (e.g. the participation of the NHRI in statistical programming is stipulated by legislation; consultative role of the NHRI; etc.) 18. Is your Government/institution interested in receiving further information and/or support from OHCHR on the use of statistical and other indicators to promote and monitor the implementation of human rights?1 YES/NO If YES, please specify the type of information and/or support that could be useful to your organisation and in your country context. Education and awareness-raising 19. Please indicate ways that your Government/institution has taken to increase the level of awareness on human rights and promotion of a human rights culture in your country. In this connection, do you have any awareness programmes for children, women, persons with disabilities, poor people, minorities and the media, which have been undertaken to prevent human rights violations? How effective are they? 20. Please indicate measures taken by your Government/institution in building and strengthening the human rights capacity of public officials, including personnel in administration of justice, particularly law enforcement, judicial, correctional, prison, and security officials, as well as among officials working in health care, education, social welfare, labour, immigration and border officials. 21. Are human rights education and training considered a priority in your national system? If yes, what is the legal basis (e.g, international law, constitution, national legislation, administrative practice, other) Ratification of and effective implementation of relevant international and regional legal instruments on human rights 22. If your State is not yet party to one or more international or relevant regional instrument listed in Annex I, please indicate: (a) What are the considerations which may have prevented its ratification or its accession to the instruments indicated above? (b) What steps have been taken or are being planned with a view to ratifying or accessing to these instruments? Strengthening partnership with civil society 23. What steps have been taken by your Government/institution to strengthen cooperation and develop partnership with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and all 1 Information on this work available at http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/indicators/index.htm 19