A/71/304 Review 62. Review means “analysing data to determine whether … health has improved, and whether pledges, promises and commitments have been kept ” by all relevant actors. 31 It will be crucial for review processes to move beyond data analysis to assess whether Sustainable Development Goal commitments, including right -tohealth commitments, have been met. 63. Arrangements for monitoring and review at the global, regional and national levels are still being developed. Multi-stakeholder, participatory, transparent and regular reviews will be essential. A wide variety of review mechanisms should play a role, including in political, administrative, judicial and quasi -judicial processes. There is a critical role for independent mechanisms at the national, regional and international levels. 32 64. Review at the national and subnational levels should take place within existing national structures and processes, including national human rights institution s, policy review processes, comprehensive maternal death audits, patient ’s rights tribunals, and litigation. 33 For example, national human rights institutions provide accountability for the right-to-health-related Sustainable Development Goals, including by undertaking national assessments and enquiries and by participating in other domestic and international review processes, offering advice to Governments on promoting and protecting rights in national implementation plans and on rights based implementation, including through support for the development and use of human rights impact assessments. 34 65. Many of the challenges to and opportunities for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals require international cooperation, for which global or regional accountability mechanisms can be better placed to review progress than national mechanisms. Regional and global review mechanisms should scrutinize whether States have met not only their domestic right-to-health obligations in the context of the Goals but also their obligations of international cooperation, including through development cooperation and trade agreements. Regional and global mechanisms must also find a way to hold the private sector, international organizations and civil society to account. 66. The high-level political forum on sustainable development is the central global review body identified by the 2030 Agenda and is mandated to carry out regular reviews, as well as cross-cutting and thematic reviews. The Special Rapporteur is concerned that the high-level political forum meets only for eight days each year __________________ 32 33 34 16/26 Paul Hunt, “SDGs and the importance of formal independent review: an opportunity for health to lead the way”, Health and Human Rights Journal, SDG Series blog, 2 September 2015. Available from www.hhrjournal.org/2015/09/sdg-series-sdgs-and-the-importance-of-formal-independentreview-an-opportunity-for-health-to-lead-the-way. Rebecca Brown, “Leaving no one behind: human rights and accountability are fundamental to addressing disparities in sexual and reproductive health, Health and Human Rights Journal, SDG Series blog, 7 September 2015. Available from www.hhrjournal.org/2015/09/sdg -series-leavingno-one-behind-human-rights-and-accountability-are-fundamental-to-addressing-disparities-insexual-and-reproductive-health. Steven L. B. Jensen, Allison Corkery and Kate Donald, “Realizing rights through the Sustainable Development Goals: the role of national human rights institutions ”, Briefing Paper, June 2015. Available from www.humanrights.dk/sites/humanrights.dk/files/media/dokumenter/udgivelser/ research/nhri_briefingpaper_may2015.pdf. 16-13597