International Human Rights and the International Human Rights System A Manual for National Human Rights Institutions The Economic and Social Council held treaty body strengthening consultations for States party to international human rights treaties. Pictured are representatives from participating countries. UN Photo by Paulo Filgueiras. 2.6. Preparation and release of the TMB’s concluding observations and recommendations The TMB’s consideration of the State report and other information (including the NHRI’s parallel report and briefing) and the interactive dialogue with the State’s delegation result in the preparation and release of the TMB’s concluding observations and its recommendations. The TMB’s concluding observations generally have three parts: • its comments on achievements of the State • its comments on the deficiencies in the State’s performance and challenges in complying with the treaty • its recommendations. The TMB member who is appointed rapporteur for the State leads the preparation of the observations and recommendations. In recent years, TMBs frequently comment on the establishment in the particular State of an NHRI fully compliant with the Paris Principles. • Where there is no NHRI, the TMB will recommend that one be established. • Where there is an NHRI but it does not have “A status”, the TMB will recommend that all necessary action be taken so that the NHRI complies fully with the Paris Principles. • Where there is an “A status” NHRI, the TMB may recommend that it be strengthened and that the Government be more supportive and give greater weight to its recommendations. In these ways the TMB’s concluding observations and recommendations can be of direct assistance to the NHRI and its work. More broadly, the TMB’s concluding observations and recommendations will address many of the issues that the NHRI has raised in its parallel report and briefing and in any comments before the TMB. The concluding observations, therefore, will support the NHRI’s work and provide an international indication of human rights priorities for the attention of the State and of the NHRI itself. 76 | Chapter 11: Treaty monitoring bodies: Monitoring compliance