A/HRC/18/24 7. Has your Government strengthened, reviewed and/or reinforced the effectiveness of independent NHRIs or other institutions working on the protection and promotion of human rights in your country? 8. Has your Government provided the above-mentioned institutions with the competence and capacity to handle and resolve complaints related to human rights violations or with the capacity for investigation, research, education and public awareness activities to prevent human rights violations? Please specify their mandate. 9. If your Government has not yet established an NHRI, please indicate what considerations may have prevented it from establishing one, or what efforts if any, are being made to establish one. Action-oriented policies, practices and strategies in preventing human rights violations 10. Has your Government established and/or implemented a national human rights in your country? (Please provide a brief account on the action plan) 11. Has your Government/institution established programmes to promote and protect human rights in all sectors such as health, education, work, environment, as well as other social services, law enforcement, judiciary, trade, and finance? 12. Has your Government/institution adopted or strengthened programmes to address the Millennium Development Goals using the human rights-based approach for eradicating poverty, underdevelopment, marginalization, economic disparities, social exclusion, etc.? 13. Has your Government/institution created any early warning mechanisms, for conflict prevention and the protection and promotion of human rights through emphasizing democracy, and the rule of law in your country? Data collection and disaggregation research and study 14. Does your Government/institution maintain and analyse statistical records on the situation of human rights in the country, especially cases of (alleged/attested) violations of human rights (i.e. events-based data), in order to monitor the human rights situation and inform the formulation of prevention strategies and programmes? YES / NO If YES, please describe briefly what type of statistical information and data collection sources (e.g. complaints mechanisms, testimonies of victims, witnesses, information provided by the media, data processed by human rights monitoring mechanisms and NGOs) were used. 15. In supporting the assessment of prevention strategies, programmes and other related activities has your Government/Institution drawn on other statistical information (e.g common socio-economic statistics)? YES / NO If YES, please describe briefly what type of statistical information and data collection sources (e.g. administrative records, statistics surveys, census data) were used. 16. What are the main challenges in ensuring systematic collection and compilation of data on potential human rights violations? 17. Does your institution interact with statistical authorities (e.g. national statistical office, statistical commissions and/or government agencies) on the collection and compilation of statistical data relevant to the definition and/or assessment of prevention 18