1.4 Strengthening monitoring of the implementation of national human rights affairs and international covenants 1. Reason for selection One of the duties of the NHRC is to monitor government action as it relates to human rights. The NHRC should oversee the implementation of the Executive Yuan’s Common Guidelines for the Management and Planning Related to Concluding Observations and Recommendations Issued by the International Review Committees for International Human Rights Covenants, the Plan for the Management and Review of National Human Rights Action Plans. 2. Significance Strengthening NHRC monitoring of the implementation of national human rights action plans and concluding observations through the use of a systematic, codified system: 1) Monitoring the implementation of national human rights action plans: Formulation of monitoring plans and implementing the monitoring plans based on international human rights standards, the concluding observations on each covenant, and the NHRC’s independent opinions, special reports, and project outcomes to monitor the implementation of national human rights action plans; releasing monitoring reports. 2) Monitoring the implementation of concluding observations: Formulation of the Common Guidelines for the NHRC’s Monitoring of the Implementation of the Concluding Observations on Human Rights Covenants; preparation of monitoring plans and result reports. 28