V. >> F ramework in Practice - Implementing and Monitoring Rights >> Using indicators for human rights Box 32 Indicators for monitoring and mainstreaming human rights - Kenya In fulfilling its mandate the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) has been developing indicators to help in monitoring the realization of civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights in Kenya. The Government requires all public bodies to set targets and collect performance data. This is seen as an opportunity to reflect human rights in the national development plan and in public service delivery. In 2009, KNCHR and OHCHR jointly organized a workshop for national human rights stakeholders, including the Ministry of State for Planning, the Ministry of State for Public Services, the Ministry of Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs (MOJNCCA), the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) and civil society organizations. Following the training, and recognizing the use of indicators in human rights implementation and treaty compliance, follow-up action points were identified. They included the creation of inter-institutional collaboration to develop indicators for use in development plans, non-discrimination in the workplace and data collection to be undertaken by KNBS (e.g., statistics relevant to the right not to be subjected to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment). The need for additional indicators involving non-State actors was also highlighted. In 2010, a working group comprising KNCHR, MOJNCCA, the Monitoring and Evaluation Directorate (MED) of the Ministry of Planning, and the Performance Secretariat on human rights indicators was established. The objective was to encourage the use of the OHCHR framework on indicators among government agencies. To improve the use of human rights indicators in national planning, MED as the lead facilitator sought to help other government agencies to think through the process of developing indicators for reflection in the national framework of indicators. This framework of indicators was used to monitor the implementation of Kenya’s development plan—Vision 2030. A follow-up workshop addressed issues for the operationalization of the human rights-based approach and indicators in relation to the goals set in the national development plan and human rights policy instruments. Suggestions were made for new indicators on the right to health, the right to adequate housing, the right to participate in public affairs, and the right to liberty and security of person. Drawing on the OHCHR methodology, the participants encouraged inclusion of additional indicators in the national framework of indicators. MOJNCCA and KNHRC are to lead follow-up activities to this end. Source: Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (www.knchr.org/). Human Rights Indicators 119