A/HRC/4/91 page 2 CONTENTS Paragraphs Page I. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................... 1 4 II. NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND THE OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS .............................. 2 - 62 4 A. Advisory services ................................................................. 5-6 4 B. Support to international initiatives ....................................... 7 - 19 5 C. Support to regional initiatives .............................................. 20 - 62 7 COOPERATION WITH HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY BODIES, SPECIAL MECHANISMS OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL AND NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS .......................................................................... 63 - 70 15 COOPERATION AMONG THE OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES AND PROGRAMMES, AND INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ..................................................................... 71 - 73 16 V. ROUND TABLES OF NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND THEMATIC ISSUES ............................ 74 - 88 17 Promotion and protection of economic, social and cultural rights ....................................................................... 74 - 75 17 Relations between civil society and national human rights institutions ...................................................... 76 17 National human rights institutions in conflict and post-conflict situations ......................................................... 77 - 78 17 D. Gender .................................................................................. 79 18 E. Rights of persons with disabilities ....................................... 80 - 81 18 F. Minorities ............................................................................. 82 - 83 18 III. IV. A. B. C.