IV. >> Illustrating the Framework - Indicators for Some Rights >> Considerations in preparing tables of indicators A generic formulation has been adopted for articulating indicators reflected in the tables. Where applicable, an alternative or a specific formulation relevant to a given context, such as the level of country development or for specific regions and demographic groups, has been indicated in the relevant metadata sheet for the indicator concerned (for details, see annex I). Similarly, a general terminology of “target group” has been adopted to refer to specific population groups, like women, children, ethnic or religious minorities or vulnerable and marginal segments of the population that the duty bearer may have to focus its attention on, in keeping with the country’s context, while implementing its human rights obligations. Finally, the tabular format shows the range of indicators that are relevant to capturing the normative content and the corresponding obligations of human rights standards. At the same time, it enables stakeholders to select those indicators that they may like to monitor. In other words, the selection of a few indicators, at any given point in time, to monitor the implementation of human rights is more informed and likely to be more meaningful than would otherwise be the case. 2 Selection of human rights for developing indicators in this Guide The selection of human rights for which indicators have been developed and reflected in this publication was guided by a panel of experts drawn from the treaty bodies and human rights practitioners who assisted in this work. The principal consideration was to have a set of rights that between them could cover a large number of provisions for most of the core human rights instruments (see chap. I). The provisions laid out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights were a starting point in this choice. Care was also taken to select substantive, procedural (right to fair trial) and cross-cutting rights (right to non-discrimination and equality), as well as to include an equal number of rights from the two Covenants, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Such an approach enables an informed choice to be made in putting together the set of indicators to monitor a human rights treaty, for instance, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child or the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights or for that matter a human rights issue like violence against women. The indicators developed on different human rights can be brought together selectively, based on the provisions of a convention or the conceptualization of an issue, as well as countryspecific considerations (sect. C below). While not all attributes of a right may find equal emphasis in the provisions of different conventions or in the conceptualization of a human rights issue, for those that are acknowledged, the relevant indicators can be selected from the tables to arrive at a basket of indicators. Furthermore, contextual considerations (sect. D below) also play an important role in the actual choice of indicators to monitor the issue at hand. 3 Relevance of common and background statistical information In the case of compliance monitoring by treaty bodies, the human rights indicators have to be Human Rights Indicators 73