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responsibility and to develop plans to upgrade laws where required. Subordinate legislation and
administrative practices will also be included in the process. The Commission’s role will be to
review these audits and plans and oversee the whole process.
The Commission will also work with Parliament to ensure that Members of Parliament are
aware of the need for legislation to be human rights compliant. New Parliamentary committees
may be needed which would also review and debate the Commission’s annual and periodic
reports.
In relation to human rights research, reliable databases are needed that accurately record
human rights violations. The data collected will feed into the Commission’s recommendations
as well as the state’s international reporting responsibilities, both to international treaty bodies
and UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review. Where necessary the NHRC will
prepare parallel reports to treaty bodies.
Outcome: Human rights compliant legislation and state policy – up-to-date and informative
reports to UN treaty bodies
7. Five Year Outcomes
On each of the pressing human rights issues that the Commission has prioritised, the
Commission will, in cooperation with relevant stakeholders, develop key strategies and
performance indicators. The following schedule is tentative, developed to promote discussion
with civil society sectors and state agencies working in the area of each pressing issue. One of
the outcomes of the Roundtables will be action plans with clear KPIs.
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