A/HRC/41/30 the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva and the Chair of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions. Panel I – The role of national human rights institutions in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda: achievements and challenges in the implementation, monitoring and measurement of the Sustainable Development Goals A. 1. Statements by the panellists 12. The panellists were the Chair of Komnas HAM of Indonesia, the Chair of the National Commission on Human Rights and Freedoms of Cameroon (also member of the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals), a representative of the Office of the Ombudsman of the Nation of Argentina, and a representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). A member of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights moderated the panel discussion.4 13. The moderator underscored that the 2030 Agenda was a major achievement in the multilateral arena. He observed that it clearly referred to human rights and that there was a need to think about how to operationalize that link. He referred to the triennial conference of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions, held in Mérida, Mexico, in 2015, where national human rights institutions had had the opportunity to discuss what Sustainable Development Goals meant for them. He provided an example of the commitments contained in the Mérida Declaration on the Role of National Human Rights Institutions in implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, namely the commitment to including more systematically the Sustainable Development Goals in the monitoring activities of national human rights institutions and in their reporting to the treaty bodies and the universal periodic review. 14. The Chair of Komnas HAM explained that in Indonesia the Sustainable Development Goals had become part of the national legal system through the enactment of Presidential Decree 59/2017 on Indonesian Sustainable Development Goals Implementation. He added that Komnas HAM was using the Sustainable Development Goal indicators to review policies from previous Governments that affected the human rights of indigenous peoples, the urban poor and other groups, as well as to review the development policies of the current Government. In terms of best practices, the Chair mentioned that Indonesia used an inclusive implementation process involving all stakeholders. 15. The Chair of the National Commission on Human Rights and Freedoms of Cameroon reported that the Commission participated in national consultations for the contextualization and prioritization of the Sustainable Development Goals within the framework of national policies and strategies, during which it insisted that the Government should integrate all Goals and indicators in relevant national programmes. The Commission had organized two workshops, in 2016 and 2018, on how to implement and monitor the Goals. It had been reporting on them since 2016 and had adopted a four-year plan (2019– 2022) to follow up on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. The Chair flagged that the Commission faced a lack of resources and a lack of reliable data for assessing the implementation of the Goals. It had enhanced cooperation with civil society organizations, focal points in ministerial departments and other State institutions, while also providing them with training on the Goals. 16. The Chairperson of the National Commission on Human Rights and Freedoms of Cameroon noted that the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals promoted the active role of national human rights institutions in the implementation and monitoring of the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want. The Working Group’s work plan for 2019 foresaw the 4 The summary follows the order in which the panellists took the floor. 5