Introduction The non-governmental organizations have always played an important role in the development of the human rights norms at the United Nations (UN). Disregarding their success in lobbying the human rights, impact on drafting the important legislative documents and the recognition of the need for further cooperation between the official and societal players of the international policy-making processes, the benefits of the NGOs’ involvement into the UN are often questioned within the recent years. Effective cooperation of the Human Rights NGOs and the UN bodies requires development of the appropriate model of their interaction and defining the extent to which the non-state actors should be allowed to influence the international policy-making processes. This paper reviews the recent tendency for deepening the interaction between the official and societal bodies, and the increasing importance of the Human Rights NGOs in UN as an intergovernmental organization, on the one hand, and the main preconditions for criticism of the NGOs’ input on UN processes and framework, on the other hand. The development of the model and procedures requires reaching consensus between preserving the existing structure of UN and providing Human Rights NGOs with opportunities for making a substantial contribution to drafting the important documents and ensuring their implementation. The growing significance of Human Rights NGOs at UN The definition of the role of NGOs In general terms, the NGOs can be defined as organizations that are made up of activists and independent of any government. The programs of these organizations can include both domestic and international issues. The goal of these organizations is to narrow the gap between the legislation acts, government’s policies and their actual implementation. Historically, the contribution of NGOs to the development of human rights standards within the United Nations was reflected in the UN Charter as the founding document of the organization. 42 American NGOs lobbied the US delegation to the UN conference in San Francisco in 1945 for inclusion of the human rights issue into the UN program. The place of NGOs in the UN system is defined in Article 71 of the UN Charter: “The Economic and Social Council may make suitable arrangements for consultation with non-governmental organizations, which are concerned with matters within its competence” (Breen, 2005, p. 103). Thus, the NGOs have got the consultative status within the UN and the Article 71 is aimed at allowing them to participate in the drafting of the important documents and treaties. NGOs made a significant contribution to drafting the documents which were incorporated into the International Bill of Rights afterwards. A clear example of the input of NGOs into the ensuring the human rights is their work on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of a Child. It is recognized that NGOs had both direct and indirect impact on the development of the Convention. At present, NGOs take part in drafting the treaty on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Breen, 2005, p. 106). The professionalization of the Human Rights NGOs at UN Over the previous decade, the NGOs became important actors of the international relations and with the increase of the interaction between societal players and the official institutions, a tendency towards the professionalization of the NGOs has been observed. Previously, the emphasis was put on the volunteerism of the NGOs part