Effective implementation of international instruments on human rights, including reporting obligations under international instruments on human rights

This report contains the steps taken to implement General Assembly Resolution 52/118 (Effective implementation of international instruments on human rights, including reporting obligations under international instruments on human rights). The Report includes a description of the plan of action to strengthen the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). It also comments on the role of treaty bodies in identifying possibilities for technical assistance, and focuses on the links between human rights and other activities undertaken by the United Nations system and the need for human rights treaty bodies to complement each other in their work.