international law. ICCS was endorsed by both the UN Statistical Commission4 and the UN Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention Commission back in 2015.5 The elaboration of the approach has involved a process of coordination between OHCHR, UNESCO and ILO to harmonize and build upon existing standards and methodologies, and to integrate their data into one collection that serves the purposes of this indicator. This involved consultations with a range of relevant stakeholders, including national statistical offices as part of the work of the Praia City Group on Governance Statistics created by the UN Statistical Commission and the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI). On 5-6 September 2017, a multi-stakeholders consultation brought together national statistical offices (Cabo Verde/secretariat of the Praia Group, Colombia, Kenya, Mexico, Philippines, South Africa, United Kingdom), national human rights institutions ( from the same countries, plus Denmark), civil society organisations and international and regional organizations and mechanisms (UNODC, UNDP, UNFPA, the EU Fundamental Rights Agency and the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders). The participants in the consultation validated the proposed methodology developed by OHCHR. 4 5 E/2015/24-E/CN.3/2015/40 E/CN.15/2015/19 3