ANNEX I. >> M  etadata sheets on selected indicators Rights Council, in its resolution 5/1, also called for the effective participation of NHRIs in its institution-building package. The indicator on NHRIs also acquires importance in the light of the human rights voluntary goals set by the Council (resolution 9/12) to promote the realization of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. One goal is the establishment of NHRIs guided by the Paris Principles and the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action with appropriate funding to fulfil their mandates. United Nations human rights treaty bodies have also recognized the crucial role that NHRIs represent in the effective implementation of treaty obligations and encouraged their creation (e.g., Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, general recommendation No. 17 (1993); Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, general comment No. 10 (1998); and Committee on the Rights of the Child, general comment No. 2 (2002)). A compilation of various NHRI-related recommendations and concluding observations from the international human rights mechanisms in the United Nations is available at: http://uhri.ohchr.org/.  The International Coordinating Committee is an international association of NHRIs which promotes and strengthens NHRIs to be in accordance with the Paris Principles, and provides leadership in the promotion and protection of human rights (art. 5 of its Statute). Decisions on the classification of an NHRI are based on the documents it submits, such as: (a) copy of legislation or other instrument by which it is established and empowered in its official or published format (e.g., statute, constitutional provisions and/or presidential decree); (b) outline of the organizational structure including details of staff and annual budget; (c) copy of recent published annual report; and (d) detailed statement showing how it complies with the Paris Principles. NHRIs that hold A or B status are reviewed every five years. Civil society organizations may also provide information to OHCHR on any accreditation matter. NHRI accreditation shows that the Government supports human rights work in the country. However, the effectiveness of NHRIs should also be measured according to their ability to gain public trust and the quality of their human rights work. In this context, it would be worthwhile to look into the responses of the NHRI to the recommendations of the International Coordinating Committee. Likewise, the inputs from the NHRI while engaging with the international human rights mechanisms (e.g., submissions to the Human Rights Council, including UPR, and to the treaty bodies) represent a valuable source of information on how NHRIs carry out their mandate with reference to international human rights instruments. This indicator also includes countries without NHRIs and countries whose NHRIs have not sought such accreditation. Indicator 6 Number of communications (individual cases) transmitted by the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances and the proportion of these responded to effectively by the Government (clarified or closed) [e.g., table on the right to life] Definition  The indicator refers to the proportion of individual cases transmitted by the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances during the reference period, for which the clarification provided by the Government, based on its investigations and information, clearly establishes the whereabouts of the disappeared person according to the Working Group. Rationale  Enforced disappearance violates or constitutes a grave threat to the right to life. The indicator captures to an extent the effort required of a State to respect and protect the right to life, in conformity with article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and 148 Human Rights Indicators