A/HRC/23/27 Contents Paragraphs Page I. Introduction ............................................................................................................. 1–3 3 II. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and national human rights institutions ..................................................................... 4–75 3 A. Advisory services ............................................................................................ 4–63 3 B. Support of the Office of the High Commissioner for regional and subregional initiatives by national human rights institutions ................... 64–69 10 C. Contribution of the Office of the High Commissioner to international initiatives supporting national human rights institutions ....... 70–75 11 Cooperation between United Nations human rights mechanisms and national human rights institutions ..................................................................... 76–100 12 III. A. Human Rights Council ................................................................................... 76–87 12 B. Treaty bodies .................................................................................................. 88–97 14 C. Commission on the Status of Women ............................................................. 98 15 D. Other meetings ............................................................................................... 99–100 15 Cooperation with and support for national human rights institutions by United Nations agencies and programmes, and international and regional organizations ........................................................................................................... 101–113 16 A. United Nations Development Programme ...................................................... 101–109 16 B. United Nations Children’s Fund…��……………………… ......................... 110–111 17 C. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ..................................... 112 17 D. International Organization of la Francophonie .............................................. 113 17 Recommendations ................................................................................................... 114–125 17 A. States ............................................................................................................... 114–120 17 B. National human rights institutions .................................................................. 121–125 18 I. Submissions of national human rights institutions to the Human Rights Council ........................... 19 II. Second cycle of the universal periodic review (2012-2016) ............................................................ 23 III. Engagement of national human rights institutions in the work of the treaty bodies (April 2012 – March 2013) ............................................................................................................. 25 IV. V. Annexes 2