“According to Articles 18.1 and 18.4 of the Law, the CNDH shall send its annual report to the President of the Republic and to the Human Rights Commission of the National Assembly. The CNDH notes that while the most recent annual report has been submitted to Parliament, a debate on the report is yet to be scheduled before the Human Rights Commission of Parliament.

The SCA notes that the Law does not provide for the CNDH to submit its annual report directly to the plenary of the National Assembly nor establish processes whereby the plenary must consider and debate it. The SCA considers it important that the enabling law of an NHRI establish a process whereby its reports are required to be discussed and considered by the Parliament, to ensure that relevant public authorities properly consider its recommendations. It is preferable for the NHRI to have an explicit power to table reports directly to the plenary of Parliament, in so doing, to promote action on them.

The SCA encourages the CNDH to advocate for the appropriate amendment to its enabling Law to provide for the direct tabling of its reports to the plenary of the National Assembly in a process whereby the legislature discusses and considers them.

 The SCA refers to Paris Principle A.3, and to its General Observation 1.11 on ‘Annual reports of NHRIs’.“

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