V. >> F ramework in Practice - Implementing and Monitoring Rights >> Interpreting statistical information from a human rights perspective Box 36 Monitoring the human rights content of budgets – some examples Education budget Proportion of public and private education budget spent on primary education, including direct or  indirect costs (e.g., transport, books, clothes) that may have to be borne by households (International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, arts. 2 (1), 13 and 14) Net primary enrolment ratio and dropout rate for primary education, disaggregated by vulnerable or marginalized groups and by prohibited grounds of discrimination (art. 2 (2)) Time frame and coverage of the plan of action to implement compulsory education free of charge for all (art. 14) Proportion of children covered under public nutrition supplement programmes (arts. 11 and 13)  Justice and law enforcement budget Proportion of law enforcement budget on human rights training of law enforcement officials  Proportion of law enforcement officials trained in human rights  Proportion of requests for legal assistance and free interpreters met annually  B. Interpreting statistical information from a human rights perspective As highlighted in the Guide, commonly available socioeconomic indicators have been variously used to infer the state of human rights at international, national or sub-national levels. This is despite the lack of an adequate conceptual framework to guide their selection for use in human rights monitoring. The UNDP Human Development Report 2000 brought together some analytical practices and methodologies for using available statistical information to show how human rights denial and policy failures contribute to perpetuating deprivation and inequality in the enjoyment of rights.20 With the kinds of indicators for human rights identified in this Guide, such analytical practices and methodologies can 20. S  ee also Eitan Felner, “A new frontier in economic and social rights advocacy? Turning quantitative data into a tool for human rights accountability”, SUR-International Journal on Human Rights, vol. 5, No. 9 (December 2008) and Eitan Felner, “Closing the ‘escape hatch’: a toolkit to monitor the progressive realization of economic, social and cultural rights”, Journal of Human Rights Practice, vol. I, No. 3 (2009). 126 Human Rights Indicators