A/HRC/7/69 page 15 II. COOPERATION BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS AND NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS Human Rights Council 56. OHCHR has been supporting an enhanced role for NHRIs with regard to the Human Rights Council (HRC), in line with Commission on Human Rights resolution 2005/74 and past practice of the Commission on Human Rights. Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007 opens many opportunities for NHRIs and their regional coordinating mechanisms to participate in HRC sessions and to engage with its various mechanisms. NHRIs accredited by the ICC as being in compliance with the Paris Principles, the ICC itself, as well as regional coordinating bodies of NHRIs, may participate and address the Council in an independent capacity and on all agenda items. They may also submit written statements, issue documentation (with a United Nations document symbol number), and have separate seating arrangements. 57. With regard to the mechanisms of the HRC, NHRIs have been given a clear and significant role by resolution 5/1, for example with regard to the UPR mechanism, where one of the three types of documents for review will consist of information provided by stakeholders, including NHRIs. NHRIs may play a crucial role in all phases of the UPR, from the submission of documentation, to attendance of the review, and follow-up to recommendations. 58. Finally, NHRIs can play an important role regarding the HRC Advisory Body as well as, more specifically, the Complaints Procedure. 59. In 2007, A-status NHRIs, the Asia-Pacific Forum of NHRIs as a regional coordinating body, as well as the interim ICC representative (on behalf of A-status NHRIs) intervened during sessions of the Human Rights Council, such as the Commission Nationale Consultative des Droits de l’Homme de France, the Conseil Consultatif des Droits de l’Homme du Royaume du Maroc, the Mexican National Human Rights Commission, the National Human Rights Commission of Malaysia; the South African Human Rights Commission; the Human Rights Commission of Rwanda, and a joint statement was made by NHRIs from Germany, France, Denmark, Greece, Norway and Morocco. NHRIs have also submitted documentation for processing as official United Nations documents with an own NHRI document symbol number. Treaty bodies 60. As an ongoing activity, OHCHR has systematically engaged with treaty body members by providing expert analyses concerning NHRIs and their related activities. OHCHR regularly prepares briefs for each treaty body on NHRIs and related issues concerning countries under examination. OHCHR also prepares and regularly updates a compilation of all treaty body concluding observations and recommendations that mention NHRIs (posted on the NHRI website www.nhri.net), and systematically sends concluding observations to the NHRIs of the countries concerned, following their adoption. 61. Since 2003, OHCHR has been involved in the European Union funded project “Strengthening the implementation of human rights treaty recommendations through the enhancement of national protection mechanisms”. This project aims at improving the implementation of conclusions and recommendations of human rights treaty bodies at the