How can the NPM organise internally to be able to influence law and policy?

Thinking about the policy and legal dimensions of the changes NPMs would like to see should form part of their everyday work. 

This includes at the preparatory stage of each visit, as part of the background research that happens before each visit. It also includes after visits when they analyse their findings. Making these changes happen, however, requires that NPMs dedicate time and resources to the different aspects discussed above. This may include making it the responsibility of specific staff members to monitor legislative developments or to engage with policymakers or parliamentarians. 

For NPMs that are NHRIs, the task may be simplified by the existence of specific legal, policy and communications departments or staff within the institution who monitor policy and legal developments, that NPMs can leverage to help push for the changes they’ve identified.