Tips for Preparing a Report to International Human Rights Review Processes

When drafting an alternative report, it is suggested to:

• Identify the focus and structure of your alternative report (e.g., selected issues or all articles/clusters of the treaty)
• Analyse the extent to which existing law, policy and practice comply with the principles and standards of the treaty and other relevant follow-up recommendations, so you can highlight the main challenges in the alternative report
• Make reference to the relevant article in the treaty you are referring to
• Reference all information correctly (e.g., jurisprudence)
• Do not use abusive language
• Be clear and precise, accurate and objective; and provide examples/evidence of alleged human rights violations, where relevant
• Integrate a gender perspective in the alternative report (i.e., mention whether there are any differences between women/men with regard to the enjoyment of specific human rights; include disaggregated data, etc)
• Include concrete suggestions on how could the human rights situation be improve
  

Source: UN Training Manual, Annex 2, pp. 82-83