CHRT OF THE STTUS OF NTIONL INSTITUTIONS ----- // ---- CCREDITED BY THE INTERNTIONL COORDINTING COMMITTEE OF NTIONL INSTITUTIONS FOR THE PROMOTION ND PROTECTION OF HUMN RIGHTS In accordance with the Paris Principles and the ICC Sub-Committee Rules of Procedure, the following classifications for accreditation are used by the ICC: : Compliance with the Paris Principles; (R): ccreditation with reserve granted where insufficient documentation is submitted to confer status; B: Observer Status - Not fully in compliance with the Paris Principles or insufficient information provided to make a determination; C: Non-compliant with the Paris Principles. STTUS INSTITUTIONS National Institution Status Year reviewed sia and the Pacific ustralia: ustralian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Fiji: Fiji Human Rights Commission Page 1 of 1 1999 (suspended) Note: Fiji resigned from the ICC on 2 pril 2007 ccreditation suspended in for review in October 2007 Commission resigned from the ICC 2 pril 2007 India: National Human Rights Commission of India 1999 Indonesia: National Human Rights Commission of Indonesia Malaysia: Human Rights Commission of Malaysia 2002 (SUHKM) Mongolia: National Human Rights Commission of Mongolia 2002 (R) 2003 Nepal: National Human Rights Commission of Nepal (R)
2002 - status placed under review pril 2006; Still under review, will be reviewed October 2007 New Zealand: New Zealand Human Rights Commission 1999 The Philippines: Philippines Commission on Human Rights 1999 Republic of Korea: National Human Rights Commission of the Republic of Korea Sri Lanka: Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka status placed under review, will be reviewed in October 2007 Thailand: Office of the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand frica lgeria: Commission Nationale des Droits de l homme (R) 2002 (R) 2003 Egypt: National Council for Human Rights pr 2006 - B Ghana: Commission on Human Rights and dministrative Justice Kenya: Kenya National Commission on Human Rights 2005 Malawi: Malawi Human Rights Commission Mauritius: Commission Nationale des Droits de L homme 2002 Morocco: Conseil Consultatif des Droits de L homme du Maroc 1999 (R) Namibia: Office of the Ombudsman 2003 ( (R)) Niger: Niger Commission Nationale des Droits de L homme et des Libertés Fondamentales Page 2 of 2 pril 2006 (R) 2002 - pr 2006 (reviewed) Nigeria: Nigerian Human Rights Commission 1999 (R) -
October 2006 (special review) Placed under review, will be reviewed October 2007 Rwanda: National Commission for Human Rights Senegal: Comité Sénégalais des Droits de L homme South frica: South frican Human Rights Commission 1999 (R) Tanzania: National Human Rights Commission 2003 (R) 2005 - (R) October 2006 Togo: National Commission for Human Rights 1999 (R) Uganda: Uganda Human Rights Commission (R) Zambia: Zambian Human Rights Commission 2003 (R) The mericas rgentina: Defensoría del Pueblo de la Nación rgentina 1999 Bolivia: Defensor del Pueblo 1999 - B Canada: Canadian Human Rights Commission 1999 Colombia: Defensoría del Pueblo Costa Rica: Defensoría de los Habitantes 1999 Ecuador: Defensor del Pueblo 1999 (R) 2002 El Salvador : Procuraduria para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos pril 2006 Guatemala: Procuraduría de los Derechos Humanos de Guatemala Page 3 of 3 1999 - B - (R) 2002
Honduras: Comisionado Nacional de los Derechos Humanos de Honduras Mexico: Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos 1999 Nicaragua: Procuraduría para la Defensa de los Derechos pril 2006 Humanos Panama : Defensoría del Pueblo de la República de Panamá 1999 Paraguay: Defensoría del Pueblo de la República del 2003 Paraguay Peru: Defensoría del Pueblo 1999 Venezuela: Defensoría del Pueblo 2002 Europe lbania: Republic of lbania People s dvocate 2003 (R) rmenia: Human Rights Defender of rmenia pr 2006 (R) zerbaijan: Human Rights Commissioner (Ombudsman) Bosnia and Herzegovina: Human Rights Ombudsman of Bosnia and Herzegovina - (R) 2002 - (R) 2003 - (R) Denmark: Danish Institute for Human Rights 1999 B Page 4 of 4 1999 review deferred to Oct 2007 France: Commission Nationale Consultative des Droits de L homme Germany: Deutsches Institut für Menschenrechte (R) 2002 (R) 2003 Greece: National Commission for Human Rights (R) Ireland: Human Rights Commission of Ireland 2002 - (R) 2003 - (R)
Luxembourg: Commission Consultative des Droits de L homme du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg (R) 2002 Norway : Center for Human Rights 2003 (R) (R) 2005 (R) pril 2006 Northern Ireland (UK): Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission - B pril 2006 - B Poland: Commissioner for Civil Rights Protection 1999 Portugal: Provedor de Justiça 1999 Spain: El Defensor del Pueblo Sweden: Ombudsman gainst Ethnic Discrimination 1999 RESERVE STTUS INSTITUTIONS sia and the Pacific Palestine : The Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizen s Rights (R) 2005 frica Chad: Commission Nationale des Droits de L homme (R) (R) (R) 2003 (R) Democratic Republic of Congo: Observatoire National des Droits de l Homme (R) 2005 B STTUS INSTITUTIONS sia and the Pacific Qatar: national Human Rights Committee of Qatar B Jordan: National Centre for Human Rights B pril 2006 Page 5 of 5
frica Cameroon : National Commission on Human Rights and Freedoms B 1999 - Burkina Faso: Commission Nationale des Droits de L homme B 2002 - (R) 2003 (R) 2005 (B) pril 2006, Europe ustria: The ustrian Ombudsman Board B Belgium: Mediateur Federal de Belgique B 1999 The Netherlands: Equal Treatment Commission of The Netherlands B 1999 - B Slovenia: Republic of Slovenia Human Rights Ombudsman B Russia: Commissioner on Human Rights in the Russian Federation B C STTUS INSTITUTIONS frica Benin: Commission Béninoise des Droits de L homme C 2002 Madagascar: Commission Nationale des Droits de l Homme de Madagascar C (R) 2002 (R) 2003 (R) pr 2006 status withdrawn mericas ntigua and Barbuda: Office of the Ombudsman C Barbados: Office of the Ombudsman C Puerto Rico: Oficina del Procurador del Ciudadano del Estado Libre sociado de Puerto Rico C sia and the Pacific Hong Kong: Hong Kong Equal Opportunities Commission C Iran: Commission Islamique des Droits de L homme C Page 6 of 6
Europe Romania: Romanian Institute for Human Rights C Slovakia: Slovakia Commissioner for Human Rights C 2002 Page 7 of 7