Strengthen a national mechanism (NMIRF)

This page seeks to identify key ingredients for a well-functioning and efficient national mechanism for implementation, reporting and follow-up, drawing on different State practices, while not proposing a one-size-fits-all solution.

In addition to ensuring that the right institutional framework is put in place, with a mandate which corresponds to the desired objectives, a national mechanism's functioning and efficiency can be scaled up when the mechanism's capacity to engage with international and regional mechanisms is adequately addressed and when coordination processes among state entities are institutionally built.

This page seeks to provide key guidance and resources to understand how engagement and coordination can be strengthened to enable national mechanisms meet their objectives of effective reporting, follow-up and, in some cases, implementation.

This page also shows that strengthened NMIRFs entail, in any given context, the capacity to meaningfully consult with a variety of independent stakeholders including the national human rights institutions (NHRIs) and civil society organizations, human rights defenders or marginalized groups.

Finally, experience has shown that given the wealth of information such national mechanisms deal with, they can only be efficient when they are supported by fit for purpose information management tools including digital tracking tools and databases.