The sources of the problem have not come any closer to being resolved. On the contrary, they are even further germinating and sprouting more issues. Unless addressed meaningfully, these are expected to threaten the country’s security and stability and the implications for human rights now and in the immediate future cannot be overlooked. The need for competent agencies to help government appreciate the situations through the human rights perspectives and thus facilitate well-informed responses and remedies is of paramount importance. The CHR performs this role through its policy advisory functions. By issuing policy statements, advisory and situation reports, and reminding about international standards and guidelines, the institution points in the right direction government leaders and policy-makers with regard to confronting complex challenges and ultimately for them to take action with appropriate policy solutions. A. Policy Issuances The declaration of position with respect to the official views of the Commission on current and emerging issues is publicized regularly to shed light and remind government of the State’s commitments to uphold the applicable domestic and international laws. The issuances pinpoint the appropriate guiding principles to advise the responsible agencies of government on the most sensible and advantageous actions to be taken, for the best interest of all participants involved. 8 41 Policy Advisory Position Paper B. Situation Reports It is the one of the most crucial functions of the CHR as a National Human Rights Institute (NHRI) to keep updated on the general condition of human rights in the country through its monitoring work. By being watchful and thus keeping abreast with information on the status of the human rights agenda in given periods of time, the CHR protects and inhibits threats and actual violations from occurring and causing offense to people’s human rights. Monitoring is only translated to useful information and best benefitted, through the writing and release of well-documented— investigated and researched situation reports. Prompt responses are the defining actions and are thus most exigent when issues that threaten human rights arise. Every time situation reports are crafted and disseminated for the perusal of the parties in authority and those most affected, it has a high potential of swaying “the attention of the government (and the public) to situations in any part of the country where human rights are violated and (thus provoke the formulation of proposals) for initiatives to put an end to such situations and, where necessary, express an opinion on the positions and reactions of the Government.” For 2022, CHR produced and issued 27 regional reports, 2 national situation reports, 26 situation reports submitted to a UN Charter Mechanism, 8 Situation Reports submitted to a Treaty Body Mechanism, and 2 other Situation Reports to other international bodies. C. Community-Based Dialogues The community-based dialogue is an approach that has been adopted to complement other forms of public engagement to promote human rights, along with the core programs and the other auxiliary services. The dialogues between sectors or participants are geared at building links and fostering understanding through tentative conversations that tackle precarious situations and sensitive issues. The dialogues provide space and opportunity to apply human rights-based methods, knowledge, skills, attitudes, and principles towards coming up with remedies. 30