This report was prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in response to a request from the inter-committee meeting of treaty bodies (ICM) in June 2006 asking the Secretariat to undertake validation of the approach on the use of statistical information in States parties’ reports (HRI/MC/2006/7), develop further list of indicators and submit a report on this work to the seventh ICM in 2008. This report outlines the adopted conceptual and methodological framework for identifying the relevant quantitative indicators as it has evolved over the last two years. It discusses the relevance of using the configuration of “structural-process-outcome” indicators for the said framework and highlights some considerations in the selection of the illustrative indicators on different human rights. It outlines the results from regional and country-level consultations and feedback from the validation exercises undertaken for this work. It also reflects on some issues relevant for taking this work forward at country level. The last section sums up the current status of the work and suggestions for a follow-up.