1. The report of the State party
OHCHR Treaty Body Capacity Building Programme
Make sure you take a moment to fill in the first slide (Presentation Title/Present’s name/Location/Date)
Introduce yourself
Tell the group that at the end of the presentation there will be time for Q&A, and whether you’re giving them handouts of the presentation
You can give the group an opportunity to introduce themselves
Ask the Group if there is any particular aspect of OHCHR they are interested in.

2. Treaty-specific Report
Outline
What constitutes the report of the State party?
Common Core Document
42,400 words
Annexes
Treaty-specific Report
Initial (31,800 words)
Periodic (21,200 words)
Annexes

3. Two key points about the content of reports
Information about the situation “in law” and “in practice”
Inclusion of statistical data information, to the extent possible disaggregated by sex, age, population group, and allow for comparison over time

4. The Common Core Document
Information to be included
1. General information about the reporting State (demographic, economic, social, constitutional, political and legal structure)
2. General framework for the protection of human rights
Acceptance of international norms
Legal framework for the protection at the national level
Framework within which human rights are promoted at the national level
Reporting process at the national level
3. Non-discrimination and equality and effective remedies
Guidelines: HRI/GEN/2/Rev.6
The common core document should contain information of a general and factual nature
relating to the implementation of the treaties to which the reporting State is party and which may
be of relevance to all or several treaty bodies. A treaty body may request that the common core
document be updated if it considers that the information it contains is out of date. Updates may
be submitted in the form of an addendum to the existing common core document or a new
revised version, depending on the extent of the changes which need to be incorporated.

5. Updating of the CCD
Submitted as a separate document, not part of the SP report
And does not need to be submitted every time a SP report is submitted, but rather every 3 to 5 years
Unless changes to the previous CCD are major, the update will be issued as an addendum to the existing CCD (one or two pages only)
Track changes are helpful

6. Treaty-specific reports
Initial reports
Focus on protection of each of the rights covered in the Treaty:
How is the right protected in national legislation?
What policies are in place to implement the rights?
What mechanisms are in place to monitor the status of implementation of the right?
etc. …

7. Treaty-specific reports
Periodic reports
Information on implementation of previous recommendations
Information on progress/new developments since the last reports (new laws, policies, programmes)

8. Substance and format Two sections
General information on the national human rights situation, including new measures and developments relating to the implementation of the Treaty
Questions organized according to clusters of provisions, highlighting specific issues depending on the situation of the concerned State party and the information available to the Committee

9. Key elements to remember
CCD  submitted only once and updated as needed by the State party
42,400 words
Treaty-specific  submitted periodically to the relevant Treaty Body
31,800 words for initial reports
21,200 words for periodic reports (and under SRP)
Make most use of the CCD to include information relevant to ALL TBs
(Replies to LoIs: no real limit but advice given is 10,700 words)

10. More format related issues
On word limits: keep 100 words for cover page
Reports should be submitted electronically (in Word) and in hard copy in one of the official six languages of the United Nations
A4-size paper, with 1.5 line spacing and text set in 12 point Times New Roman type

11. Key elements to remember about the ANNEXES
Are not translated  information is not necessarily read/understood by ALL members of a TB
Are supporting documents  should not contain new / key information
Reference annexes in the report (e.g., table X is contained in annex 1)
Do not forget to submit annexes which you have referenced in the report
Limit their length (e.g., include the relevant excerpt of a law rather than the full text)