strategic plans, provision of the SDGs data, development in linking human rights
complaints and SDGs databases, and development of the SDGs-based human
rights instruments.103 For indirect monitoring of the SDGs, the ICHR carries out
the following activities: analysis of government budget based on human rights,
receipt of human rights complaints, processing of human rights data, and
periodical monitoring of human rights.104 In the webinar and interview, Farid also
emphasized that the approach taken in the monitoring process was not only
focused on the number of reports / complaints received by the ICHR.105
However, the underlying aspect which became the origin of the report also
becomes a concern of the ICHR.106
4.2.4. What are the Challenges in Optimizing the Implementation of
SDGs Activities?
Externally, the challenge faced by the ICHR is the impression that the
ICHR has a limited role in Indicator 16.a.1. and has nothing to do with the SDGs
in general (Agenda 2030).107 Internally, the challenges faced were the full
workload of the ICHR staff and the perception that the SDGs implementation
was additional work.108 Further, the ICHR also has limitations for capacity
building related to participation in international activities.109
According to Farid, the SDGs and Human Rights are mutually related, but
Farid provides a note on human rights that are wider in scope than the SDGs.110
As a result of this, not all human rights issues can be covered by the SDGs.111
4.2.5. What are the Solutions to the Challenges Faced in the
Implementation of SDGs Activities?
In the interview session, Farid stated the importance of other national
institutions related to the SDGs to realize that the role of the ICHR is actually
more than just indicator 16.a.1.112 Farid on a different occasion also explained
the need for stakeholders at the Palestinian national level to understand the role
of the ICHR and the 2030 Agenda.113 On the internal challenges related to the
103
Ibid.
Ibid.
105 (1) Danish Institute for Human Rights and Komnas HAM, “The Role of NHRIs in Monitoring
SDGs Achievements in their National Context” (n. 4), minutes 12-14; and (2) Palestine’s ICHR
Zoom Interview (n. 91).
106 Ibid.
107 Palestine’s ICHR Zoom Interview (n. 91).
108 Ibid.
109 Ibid.
110 Danish Institute for Human Rights and Komnas HAM, “The Role of NHRIs in Monitoring
SDGs Achievements in their National Context” (n. 4), minutes 19-20.
111 Ibid.
112 Palestine’s ICHR Zoom Interview (n. 91).
113 Danish Institute for Human Rights and Komnas HAM, “The Role of NHRIs in Monitoring
SDGs Achievements in their National Context” (n. 4), minutes 68-70.
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