ANNEX I. >> M  etadata sheets on selected indicators Comments and limitations  The indicator provides information on a State’s commitment to taking steps to ensure compulsory primary education free of charge for all by outlining its intentions in a plan of action. It does not, however, capture actual implementation of this plan of action or its results. The indicator does not address the substantive coverage of the plan of action, in particular what aspects of the implementation of the principle of compulsory primary education free of charge for all are addressed in the plan of action. It will not assess whether the plan “cover[s] all of the actions which are necessary in order to secure each of the requisite component parts of the right and must be sufficiently detailed so as to ensure the comprehensive realization of the right”, as set out in the Committee’s general comment No. 11 (1999) on plans of action for primary education. Article 14 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights specifies that the plan of action must be worked out and adopted within two years of the State becoming a party to the Covenant. Examples of provisions relevant to the right to education: Universal Declaration of Human Rights, art. 26; International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, arts. 13 and 14; International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, art. 5 (e) (v); International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, arts. 30 and 43 (1) (a)–(c); Convention on the Rights of the Child, arts. 23, 28 and 29; Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, arts. 10 and 14 (2) (d); and Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, art. 24. Indicator 5 Type of accreditation of national human rights institution by the rules of procedure of the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions Definition  The indicator refers to the type of accreditation that NHRIs receive in accordance with the rules of procedure of the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions. An NHRI is an independent administrative body set up by a State to promote and protect human rights. Compliance with the Paris Principles, which were adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1993 (resolution 48/134), is the basis for NHRI accreditation. The process is conducted through a peer review by the International Coordinating Committee’s Sub-Committee on Accreditation. There are three types of accreditation: A: compliant with Paris Principles B: observer status – not fully compliant with the Paris Principles or insufficient information provided to make a determination C: not compliant with the Paris Principles Accreditation by the International Coordinating Committee entails a determination of whether the NHRI is compliant, both in law and in practice, with the Paris Principles, the principal source of the normative standards for NHRIs, as well as with the General Observations developed by the Sub-Committee on Accreditation. Other international standards may also be taken into account by the Sub-Committee, including the provisions related to the establishment of national mechanisms in the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture as well as in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Likewise, the Sub-Committee looks at any NHRI-related recommendation from the international human rights mechanisms, notably the treaty bodies, the universal periodic review (UPR) and the special procedures. The effectiveness and level of engagement with international human rights systems are also considered (see http://nhri.ohchr.org/EN/Pages/default.aspx, accessed 2 July 2012). 146 Human Rights Indicators