The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples A Manual for National Human Rights Institutions 1.2. CONSTRUCTIVE RELATIONSHIPS The way in which NHRIs engage and communicate with their State will influence their ability to influence real change. It is important that NHRIs undertake their programmes of work firmly upholding their independence, in accordance with the Paris Principles: NHRIs should be mindful of their official position within state structures and communicate their recommendations confidently and with the expectation that the executive part of government, or the prosecuting authorities, should implement them. NHRIs should open strong and effective methods of communication with all agencies of government, the prosecuting authorities and the judiciary in order to promote their recommendations, and… should not accept recommendations being ignored.208 The precise nature of this engagement will be heavily influenced by the contemporary domestic political climate. Cooperative engagement with the State and its organs can facilitate greater uptake of recommendations made by the NHRI. While the relationship between NHRIs and their parliament is significant, NHRIs should also engage with other State organs. These may include: • Law enforcement and security bodies, such as the police, army and correctional and detention facilities • Heritage and environmental agencies • Land tenure and development agencies • Specialized and sectorial government departments. NHRIs can utilize this engagement to raise the profile of indigenous peoples’ human rights issues within the State apparatus, which in turn can influence Government decision-making that impacts on indigenous peoples’ human rights. Participants during the fifth session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras. 208 National Human Rights Institutions: Recommendations for Effective Protection and Promotion of Human Rights, recommendation 3.7. 72 | Chapter 8: Promoting domestic compliance with the Declaration