HL Deb 13 November 2000 vol 619 c16WA
Lord Avebury

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will ask the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to publish model questionnaires for communications and complaints, similar to those already provided for some of the commission's mandates, for the rest of its thematic and country mechanisms, and to make these documents available on its website. [HL4508]

Baroness Scotland of Asthal

The website of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) includes general guidance on how to submit communications and complaints, both under the relevant human rights treaties and under extra-conventional mechanisms.

We will encourage the OHCHR to make complaints forms available on-line. However, it is for the OHCHR to decide whether a single form is appropriate for all the mechanisms.