A/HRC/13/45 6.6. The SCA notes receipt of the draft compilation of the SCA rules and working procedures as prepared by the Secretariat;2 and has requested the Secretariat, together with the Canadian NHRI, to consolidate it for SCA consideration at the next session. 6.7. At the November 2009 ICC Bureau meeting, Bureau members made suggestions to improve the accreditation process, including the development and use of General Observations. After consideration and discussion of these recommendations, the SCA decided to embark on a review of the ICC General Observations. 6.8. Pursuant to article 10 of the Statute, the SCA considered applications for accreditation from institutions of Mauritania, the Republic of Moldova, Scotland (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and Tunisia. 6.9. Pursuant to article 15 of the Statute, the SCA also considered applications for reaccreditation from the NHRIs of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Chad. 6.10. Pursuant to article 17 of the Statute, the SCA reviewed certain issues regarding the NHRIs of Greece, Luxembourg, Malaysia, and Nepal. 6.11. In accordance with the Paris Principles and the ICC SCA Rules of Procedure, the classifications for accreditation used by the SCA are: A: Compliance with the Paris Principles; B: Not fully in compliance with the Paris Principles or insufficient information provided to make a determination; C: Non-compliance with the Paris Principles. 6.12. The General Observations (attached as Annex 3), as interpretative tools of the Paris Principles, may be used to: (a) Instruct institutions when they are developing their own processes and mechanisms, to ensure Paris Principles compliance; (b) Persuade domestic governments to address or remedy issues relating to an institution’s compliance with the standards articulated in the General Observations; (c) Guide the SCA in its determination of new accreditation applications, reaccreditation applications or other review: (i) If an institution falls substantially short of the standards articulated in the General Observations, it will be open for the SCA to find that it was not Paris Principle compliant. (ii) If the SCA has noted concern about an institution’s compliance with any of the General Observations, it may consider what steps, if any, have been taken by an institution to address those concerns in future applications. If the SCA is not provided with proof of efforts to address the General Observations previously made, or offered a reasonable explanation why no efforts had been made, it would be open to the SCA to interpret such lack of progress as non-compliance with the Paris Principles. 6.13. The SCA also considered issues of concern regarding certain NHRIs. The SCA will follow up with the relevant institutions. 2 GE.10-10278 Including ICC Statute provisions on the SCA; Rules of Procedures of the SCA; new procedures adopted by the SCA from October 2007 – November 2008; implementation of new procedures from the SCA report of March 2009; and procedural issues in the ICC General Observations as per March 2009 SCA report. 27