A/HRC/41/25 to link human rights recommendations with the Sustainable Development Goals and their targets. In addition, a new feature was added through which civil society organizations can monitor the follow-up to each recommendation and can provide comments and observations, creating the first dialogue space between the various stakeholders involved in the implementation and monitoring of recommendations and the Sustainable Development Goals (A/HRC/38/28, para. 18). In 2018, OHCHR provided support for sharing the experience of Paraguay with Argentina, building the capacity of relevant officials to use the same methodology, organize recommendations into thematic groups and identify focal points at the federal level. 30. Human rights indicators allow States to assess their own progress in implementing human rights and their compliance with international treaties, and provide tools for civil society to monitor progress and ensure accountability. In order to respond to the growing demand for human rights indicators, OHCHR has developed a conceptual and methodological framework of indicators, both quantitative and qualitative, that provides guidance for the identification of contextually relevant and feasible indicators in compliance with international human rights norms and principles. 31. OHCHR has also developed guidance tools to promote the use of human rights indicators and disaggregated data in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, and has provided support to Member States in that regard. For example, in Kenya, as a result of support provided by OHCHR, through its human rights adviser, the National Bureau of Statistics and the National Commission on Human Rights signed a memorandum of understanding in 2017, establishing a framework for institutional collaboration on the development of human rights and Sustainable Development Goal indicators and on data collection. Over time, the memorandum will facilitate the inclusion of Sustainable Development Goals 10 and 16 by the National Bureau of Statistics in its measurements, which will in turn realize a full capturing of human rights obligations and concerns (A/HRC/38/28, para. 27). Participation in the implementation and follow-up to the Sustainable Development Goals is crucial. At the request of the Human Rights Council, OHCHR has produced guidelines for States on the effective implementation of the right to participate in public affairs. In October 2018, the Human Rights Council, in resolution 39/11, took note with interest of the draft guidelines and presented them as a set of orientations for States and other relevant stakeholders. D. Strengthening national human rights institutions 32. National human rights institutions that are in full compliance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (the Paris Principles) have a crucial role in promoting and monitoring the effective implementation of international human rights standards at the national level. Effective national human rights institutions also serve as a bridge between the State and civil society, promoting broad-based participation in shaping policies and implementing recommendations from the international human rights system. 33. At the international level, national human rights institutions actively engage with the human rights treaty bodies, the special procedures and the universal periodic review through the submission of information and the review of progress (or lack thereof) in the implementation of human rights recommendations. National human rights institutions have a special oversight role vis-à-vis the policies of and actions by Governments in follow-up to recommendations from the international human rights system, especially those that Governments have supported during previous cycles of the universal periodic review. National human rights institutions are critical in their participation in national mechanisms for reporting and follow-up and in their support for the implementation of and follow-up to human rights actions integrated with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals. It should be noted that in the current cycle of the universal periodic review, more than 90 per cent of national human rights institutions with A status have submitted written contributions to OHCHR summary reports. 7