1. Universal Human Rights Index (UHRI) Available at: uhri. ohchr
Universal Human Rights Index (UHRI) Available at: uhri.ohchr.org Users guide and search step by step tutorial

2. Contents of this step by step guide
Welcome to UHRI: introduction page (slide 3)
Objectives of the database (slide 4)
Part 1: Different types of searches (slides 5 to 25)
Basic search
Advanced search
Document search
Search by country (“summary”)
Search by Sustainable Development Goals (“summary”)
Part 2: Useful information and features of the database (slides 26 to 32)
How to manage search results
UHRI terminology
Resources and search help

3. Welcome to UHRI – introduction page
Available at: uhri.ohchr.org
Uhri.ohchr.org is hyperlinked to the database main page

4. Objectives of the database
1. Easy access /dissemination of recommendations
Improve access to recommendations issued by key mechanisms of the UN human rights protection system : (i) Treaty Bodies established under the international human rights treaties; (ii) Special Procedures; (iii) Universal Periodic Review of the Human Rights Council.
2. Easy review of recommendations to prepare plans of action
Assist States , and stakeholders as relevant, in:
Knowing and analyzing human rights recommendations directed to the State;
Generating their own matrix of recommendations clustered by thematic issues/by mechanism to prepare national plans for implementation /follow-up of recommendations, including in consultation with stakeholders; and
Document progress and prepare/validate/disseminate progress reports.
3. Easy monitoring of progress by all actors
Facilitate the work of national stakeholders to access recommendations and independently monitor progress in the implementation/follow-up of recommendations: National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs), civil society, academics, the UN agencies/entities at the country level and other actors.

5. PART 1: Different types of searches: step by step guide
What do you think about these “section indicators”? Means, now we will enter to the section of the four different types of searches we saw in the contents slide… keep or take out, it is a question of taste

6. 1. Basic search
Allows to search by country, mechanism, theme, affected person/group, and type of paragraph (observation or recommendation)

7. 1. Basic search: example
Search tip: You may search by one or many States/Entities and save the selected State/Entity for future searches. ‘Entity’ covers autonomous territories and those that are not necessarily recognised as States by the international community, such as the State of Palestine.
Search tip: You may search by free text if you are unsure of the specific theme that you are looking for.
Search tip: You may search by one or many themes that appear in a dropdown list in numeric order as defined in the UHRI classification system.
“example” has a hyperlink to basic search default page
Search tip: You may introduce one or many affected persons from the dropdown list.
Search tip: You may introduce one or many human rights mechanisms but not categories of mechanisms. E.g. you may search by one or many specific treaty bodies, such as the Human Rights Committee (CCPR) of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) but cannot put “treaty bodies” as a category of mechanisms.

8. 1. Basic search: example (cont’d)
Search tip: Here, you may save the entire search selection (all introduced search criteria) for future searches, and remove the save by un-ticking the box.
Search tip: Here, you may save the country you want to search on per default. This is useful if you always tend to search one specific country. You can remove the save by un-ticking the box.
Once you have inserted the desired search criteria, click “apply filters” to get your results. If you want to empty your search criteria or start over with a new search, click “clear”.
“example” has a hyperlink to basic search default page
Search tip: Here, may can define whether you want the search results only by type of paragraph (observation or recommendation) or with the text of each paragraph.

9. 1. Basic search: results page
The results page demonstrates the observations and recommendations related to our basic search, with the search criteria indicated on the two previous slides.
In this example, there are 4 recommendations and 1 observation related to our search. Recommendations are shown before concerns/observations as they indicate a recommended action for the State or other stakeholder (e.g. the international community) and is therefore given priority.
Search tip: Click “Expand all” to see the text of the recommendations and concerns/observations.
… although in Spanish version the observations are before the recommendations. Do we leave (and reproduce in other language versions) or take out the clarification on “recommendations before observations”?
NB: How to manage search results is described further from slide 27 onwards.

10. Basic and advanced search: differences
Basic search
Advanced search
Allows a simple search by:
Allows a more in-depth search through additional search categories and the possibility for multiple entries by adding several search criteria. Search can be done by:
State(s)/Entity(ies)
Free text/key word
Theme(s)
Affected persons
Human rights mechanism(s)
Human rights mechanism(s), with the added value of search by document type or mechanism type
Document symbol
Type of paragraph (observation or recommendation)
Time period
Region
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)
Position on UPR recommendations

11. 2. Advanced search
Allows for more detailed search, including by document symbol, date and a variety of selection criteria.

12. 2. Advanced search: general filters
Search tip: You may either search by any (broad search) or all (narrow search) search criteria.
Search tip: if you are looking for a specific document, you can look it up by document symbol here.
“general filters” has a hyperlink to advanced search default page
Search tip: You may search either by observation or recommendation. See further: UHRI concepts and terminology on slide 31.
Search tip: You may search documents, concerns/observations or recommendations between a certain time period, e.g. from a certain date until the current date.
Dates are inserted in the format YEAR/MONTH, e.g. 2017/09

13. 2. Advanced search: detailed filters
Search tip for “filter by UN mechanism”: You may search by document type, mechanism type and mechanism (depending on type of mechanism) . See the alternatives on the terminology slide 31. In the case of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), which is a mechanism with only one “mechanism type”, you may either tick the box or choose it from the dropdown list below.
Search tip for “filter by region”: You may filter by region to see results for all countries of that region. You may only choose one region at a time. Down at this section you can also find the country/ies you may have preselected in previous searches, or save a country depending on the region you may have selected.
“detailed filters” has a hyperlink to advanced search default page

14. 2. Advanced search: detailed filters (cont’d)
Search tip for “filter by SDGs”: You may filter results by one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals
Search tip for “filter by UPR recommendation”: In relation to documents of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) you can search by recommending State/Entity, the UPR position taken by the examined State/Entity (noted/supported) and UPR cycle. Please note that if you wish to see both noted and supported UPR documents should leave the UPR position un-ticked.
Paul: the UPR cycles are wrongly inserted, right? It should be Cycle, Cycle 2, Cycle 3, correct?
“detailed filters” has a hyperlink to advanced search default page

15. 2. Advanced search: results page
The results page demonstrates the search criteria for our advanced search. For Belize (as our default country), there are 3 supported recommendations from the Universal Period Review on education from the past five years (2012/ /09).
Search tip: By clicking “expand all”, the search results will drop down in a consecutive list.
NB: How to manage search results is described further from slide 27 onwards.

16. 3. Document search
Allows to search specific documents by free text/key word, document symbol, time period, region, country, mechanism type and mechanism.
As opposed to basic or advanced searches, this search focuses on documents instead of paragraphs (observations/recommendations) in the documents.

17. 3. Document search: example
In this example, we have defined the country and mechanism types: Special Procedures and Universal Periodic Review.
“example” has hyperlink to document search default page

18. 3. Document search: results
Once you have clicked “apply filters” in the document search, you must scroll down to see the result. The result shows all documents issued for the selected country by the searched mechanisms.
3. Document search: results
First row: Direct link to document in pdf in selected search language.
Second row: Link to the paragraphs (observations and recommendations) of document.
As I think you are aware of, the document search page does not work well. As per Marlene’s instructions I added an indicative example but it does not make much sense as the searches do not match with results. When e.g. searching on SP and UPR (but not TBs) it shows also TBs.
Third row: Link to document in all UN languages in existing formats (html, pdf, doc, docx)

19. 4. Search by country
Useful for obtaining a general overview of the material produced by human rights mechanisms, that is available in the database, relating to the country selected.

20. 4. Search by country: example
“example” has hyperlink to country search default page
IMPORTANT SEARCH TIP: Here, you may save the country you want to search on per default. This is useful if you always tend to search one specific country. You may remove the save by un-ticking the box.

21. 4. Search by country: results page
This shows the documents that are in the database for the given country and the number of observations and recommendations there are in each document.
NB: How to manage search results is described further from slide 27 onwards.

22. 4. Search by country: locating documents that may not yet be in the database
The UHRI database is being updated continuously, however, information is ‘indexed’ only after the final edited version of the document becomes available (3-6 months after adoption).
Thus, to complete a search, it is useful to consult the databases of all mechanisms available at the following links, by inserting the country as search criteria:
Treaty bodies database: tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/TreatyBodyExternal/TBSearch.aspx
Special Procedures database: spinternet.ohchr.org/_Layouts/SpecialProceduresInternet/ViewCo untryVisits.aspx
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) web pages:
Note for presenter: you may wish to make an additional slide with missing documents so complete the picture.
Is it better to have full links here (for ease of the reader of copy pasting for own use) or should I do hyperlinks?

23. 5. Search by Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Useful for analysing to which SDG each recommendation is linked. Aim: To support States’ implementation of their human rights obligations and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in a coordinated manner.

24. 5. Search by Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): example
Search tip: If you have preselected a default country, it will appear automatically. Otherwise you need to select one from the dropdown list.
5. Search by Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): example
“example” is hyperlinked to SDG search default page
Search tip: This is the number of targets of goal four, that appears once you have selected the desired goal. By clicking the arrow you may view, select and unselect targets for your search. Then click “show results”.

25. 5. Search by Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): results
The results page demonstrates the observations and recommendations related to our search on SDG4 (quality education), all targets.
There are 8 recommendations and 3 observations related to our search.
Recommendations are shown before observations as they indicate a recommended action for the State or other stakeholder (e.g. the international community) and is therefore given priority.
Search tip: Click “Expand all” to see the text of the recommendations and concerns/observations.
Same comment related to “recommendations before observations” as on slide above related to basic search result.
NB: How to manage search results is described further from slide 27 onwards.

26. PART 2: Useful information and features of the database

27. 1. How to manage search results (1/4)
What do we see on a search results page?
The number of results for your search
The number of pages of your result
The type of paragraphs of your search (guided by what you have searched for, and the types of paragraphs that have been issued by the searched mechanisms)
The possibility to: print results, export them in Excel format, and create a direct link to the results that you can copy and paste in the box that appears.
Note for presenter: for consideration to Panama and Geneva: I thought it could be interesting to show the results link as it can be useful e.g. for civil servants who do not always want to redo their searches. The way the slide is structured, the picture of the link comes as an add-on; there is material underneath it as well. If you think it gets confusing or too much information, please feel free to delete it.
When ticked, this box will show all result paragraphs below on on the screen. .

28. 1. How to manage search results (2/4)
What information does a search result paragraph give?
The paragraph text
The type of paragraph (observation or recommendation)
The document to which the paragraph belongs, a possibility to access the document by clicking it, and the year it was issued
Related documents, e.g. the State’s response to UPR recommendations
The number of the paragraph in the document
The mechanism that has issued the document
The theme(s), affected person(s), and State/Entity related to the paragraph (guided by the search you made)
A highlight of the free text search you made 2 6 3 5 1 8 4 7 7 7

29. 1. How to manage search results (3/4)
The result of all searches gives you the options to filter your search result by:
Annotation type (concern/observation or recommendation), State/Entity, Theme, Affected Person, UPR Recommending State/Entity, or UPR Position of examined State/Entity. You may choose as many filters as you like; then press “apply filters”.
This allows you to manage easier a search that has numerous results. .

30. 1. How to manage search results (4/4)
It is possible to sort search results by:
Paragraph type (observation or recommendation)
State/Entity
Theme and affected persons covered by recommendations (if a theme/affected persons category is not in the list, no recommendation has been issued related to the theme/affected persons in question)
UPR recommendation per issuing State/Entity
UPR position of examined State/Entity
Example: results of advanced search for Belize by the theme D51, ‘administration of justice and fair trial’, sorted by ‘affected group’

31. Thank you!