CHRT OF THE STTUS OF NTIONL INSTITUTIONS ----- // ---- CCREDITED BY THE GLOBL LLINCE OF NTIONL HUMN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS ccreditation status as of 26 January 2018 In accordance with the Paris Principles and the GNHRI Statute, the following classifications for accreditation are used by the GNHRI: B C Fully compliant with the Paris Principles; Partially compliant with the Paris Principles; Non-compliance with the Paris Principles. *(R): This category (accreditation with reserve) was granted where insufficient documentation was submitted to confer status; is no longer in use by the GNHRI. It is maintained only for those NHRIs which were accredited with this status before pril 2008. Summary Classification Number of reviewed institutions - status 77 B - status 33 C - no status 10 Total 120 Status-wise distribution of NHRIs status B status C Page 1 of 12 s of 26 January 2018 * See relevant SC Report
1. STTUS INSTITUTIONS National Institution Status Year reviewed sia and the Pacific fghanistan: Independent Human Rights 2. ustralia: ustralian Human Rights 3. India: National Human Rights 4. Indonesia: National on Human Rights 5. Jordan: National Centre for Human Rights 6. Malaysia: Human Rights 7. Mongolia: National Human Rights 8. Nepal: National Human Rights 9. New Zealand: Human Rights 10. The Philippines: on Human Rights Page 2 of 12 * 1999 November 2016-1999 * November 2017 2000 March 2007 March 2012* November 2013 Special Review in March 2014 March 2014 * March 2017- pril 2006 (B) March 2007 (B) * October 2010 November 2015 deferred to second session of 2016 November 2016-2002 pril 2008 recommended to be accredited B November 2009 * October 2010 November 2015 2002 (R) 2003 2001 (R) 2002 * * March 2010 recommended to be accredited B November 2012 special review maintained 1999 May 2016 1999 March 2007 deferred to Oct. 2007 March 2012 s of 26 January 2018 * See relevant SC Report
National Institution Status Year reviewed March 2017-11. Qatar: National Human Rights Committee (B) March 2009 * March 2010 * October 2010 November 2015 2004 March 2014 deferred to 12. Republic of Korea: National Human Rights deferred to March 2015 March 2015 deferred to first session of 2016 May 2016 13. Samoa: Office of the Ombudsman May 2016 14. 2005 (R) State of Palestine: Independent for March 2009 Human Rights November 2015 15. Timor-Leste: Provedoria for Human Rights and Justice pril 2008 November 2013 1. frica Cameroon: National on Human Rights and Freedoms 2. Egypt: National Council for Human Rights 3. Ghana: on Human Rights and dministrative Justice 4. Kenya: National on Human Rights 5. Liberia: Independent National on Human Rights 6. Malawi: Human Rights Page 3 of 12 1999 (B) March 2010 March 2015 deferred to first session of 2016 May 2016 deferred to second session of 2016 March 2017 March 2017- deferred to second session of 2017 November 2017 pril 2006 (B) October 2011 deferred to Nov. 2012 November 2012 deferred to deferred to November 2013 November 2013 deferred November 2015 deferred to second session of 2016 March 2017 March 2017- deferred to first session of 2018 2001 March 2014 2005 March 2017 2000 March 2007 March 2012 deferred to Nov. s of 26 January 2018 * See relevant SC Report
7. National Institution Status Year reviewed Mauritania: nationale des droits de l homme 2012 November 2012 deferred to deferred to November 2013 deferred to March 2015 March 2015 deferred to first session of 2016 May 2016 deferred to second session of 2016 November 2016 - November 2009 (B) November 2017- recommended to be dow ngraded to B status. s per rticle 12.1(viii) of GNHRI statute, nationale des droits de l homme challenged the recommendation and received the required support. The recommendation is referred to GNHRI next Bureau meeting 8. Mauritius: nationale des droits de l homme 9. Morocco: Conseil national des droits de l homme 10. Namibia: Office of the Ombudsman 2002 pril 2008 * - 1999 (R) 2001 * October 2010 * November 2015 2003 (R) pril 2006 November 2017- deferred to second session of 2018 11. Niger : Nationale des Droits Humains March 2017 12. Nigeria: National Human Rights 13. Rwanda: National for Human Rights Page 4 of 12 1999 (R) 2000 B November 2016-2001 March 2012 recommended to be accredited B; given one year to establish compliance w ith the Paris Principles s of 26 January 2018 * See relevant SC Report
National Institution Status Year reviewed 14. Sierra Leone: Human Rights 15. South frica: Human Rights May 2016 1999 (R) 2000 November 2012 November 2017 16. Tanzania: for Human Rights and Good Governance 17. Togo: nationale des droits de l homme 18. Uganda: Human Rights 19. Zambia: Human Rights 2003 (R) October 2011 * November 2017 1999 (R) 2000 November 2012 deferred to 2000 (R) 2001 pril 2008 2003 (R) October 2011 November 2017- deferred to second session of 2018 20. Zimbabwe: Human Rights May 2016 mericas 1. rgentina: Defensoría del Pueblo 1999 October 2011 November 2017 - deferred to second session of 2018 2. Bolivia: Defensor del Pueblo 1999 (B) 2000 March 2007 March 2012 March 2017 3. Canada: Canadian Human Rights 1999 May 2016 4. Chile: Instituto Nacional de Derechos Humanos November 2012 5. Colombia: Defensoría del Pueblo 2001 March 2012 * March 2017 6. Costa Rica: Defensoría de los Habitantes 1999 October 2011 November 2016 7. Ecuador: Defensor del Pueblo 1999 (R) Page 5 of 12 s of 26 January 2018 * See relevant SC Report
National Institution Status Year reviewed 8. El Salvador: Procuraduría para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos Page 6 of 12 2002 pril 2008 recommended to be accredited B; given one year to establish compliance w ith the Paris Principles March 2009 March 2015 pril 2006 November 2016 9. Guatemala: Procuraduría de los Derechos Humanos 1999 (B) 2000 (R) 2002 pril 2008 10. Haiti: Office for the Protection of Citizens November 2013 11. Mexico: Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos 12. Nicaragua: Procuraduría para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos 1999 October 2011 November 2016 - pril 2006 November 2017 - deferred to first session of 2018 13. Panama: Defensoría del Pueblo 1999 November 2012 November 2017 14. Peru: Defensoría del Pueblo 1999 March 2007 March 2012 March 2017-15. Uruguay: Institución Nacional de Derechos Humanos y Defensoría del Pueblo May 2016 Europe 1. lbania: People s dvocate 2003 (R) 2004 2. rmenia: Human Rights Defender pril 2006 (R) October 2011 deferred to Nov. 2012 November 2012 deferred to 3. zerbaijan: Human Rights er (Ombudsman) October 2010 deferred to May 2011 recommended to be accredited B; given one year to establish compliance w ith the Paris Principles March 2012 March 2017- recommended to be dow ngraded to B status. s of 26 January 2018 * See relevant SC Report
National Institution Status Year reviewed 4. Bosnia and Herzegovina: Institute of Human Rights Ombudsmen s per rticle 12.1(viii) of GNHRI statute, Human Rights er challenged the recommendation and received the required support. The recommendation is referred to GNHRI next Bureau meeting 2001 (R) 2002 (R) 2003 (R) November 2009 recommended to be accredited B; given one year to establish compliance w ith the Paris Principles October 2010 November 2016-deferred to November 2017 5. Croatia: Ombudsman pril 2008 6. Denmark: Danish Institute for Human Rights 1999 (B) 2001 November 2012 November 2017 - deferred to second session of 2018 7. Finland: Finnish National Human Rights Institution 8. France: nationale consultative des droits de l homme 1999 November 2012 deferred to 9. Georgia: Public Defender s Office November 2012 deferred to 10. Germany: German Institute for Human Rights 2001 (R) 2002 (R) 2003 March 2015 deferred to November 2015 November 2015 11. Greece: National for Human Rights 2000 (R) 2001 * November 2009 * March 2010 * March 2015 deferred to first session of 2016 May 2016 recommended to be dow ngraded to B status; given one year to establish compliance w ith the Paris Principles March 2017- Page 7 of 12 s of 26 January 2018 * See relevant SC Report
National Institution Status Year reviewed 12. Hungary: er for Fundamental Rights 13. Ireland: Irish Human Rights and Equality November 2015 14. Latvia: Ombudsman of the Republic of Latvia March 2015 15. Lithuania: Seimas Ombudsmen Office March 2017 16. Luxembourg: consultative des droits de l homme 2001 (R) 2002 March 2009 * November 2009 * October 2010 November 2015 March 2014 17. The Netherlands: Netherlands Institute for Human Rights 18. Norway: Norwegian National Human Rights March 2017 Institution 19. Poland: Human Rights Defender 1999 November 2012 November 2017 20. Portugal: Provedor de Justiça 1999 November 2012 November 2017 21. Russian Federation: er for Human Rights in the Russian Federation 2000 (B) 2001 (B) 22. Serbia: Protector of Citizens March 2010 March 2015 23. Spain: El Defensor del Pueblo 2000 November 2012 24. Ukraine: Ukrainian Parliament er for Human Rights United Kingdom: 25. Great Britain: Equality and Human Rights pril 2008 (B) March 2009 March 2014 deferred to October 2010 special review ; November 2015 26. Northern Ireland (UK): Human Rights 2001 (B) May 2016 27. Scotland: Scottish Human Rights November 2009 deferred to Mar. 2010 March 2010 March 2015 B STTUS INSTITUTIONS National Institution Status Year reviewed Page 8 of 12 s of 26 January 2018 * See relevant SC Report
mericas 1. Honduras: Comisionado Nacional de los Derechos Humanos Page 9 of 12 B 2000 () October 2010 special review ; recommended to be accredited B; given one year to establish compliance w ith the Paris Principles October 2011 B May 2016 B 2. Venezuela: Defensoría del Pueblo B 2002 pril 2008 March 2014 special review in special review deferred to March 2015 March 2015 recommended to be accredited B; given one year to establish compliance w ith the Paris Principles May 2016 Recommended to be dow ngraded to B status. October 2016 - Dow ngraded to B status sia and the Pacific 1. Bahrain: National Institution for Human Rights B May 2016 B 2. Bangladesh: National Human Rights B B March 2015 B 3. Iraq: High for Human Rights B March 2015 B 4. Sri Lanka: Human Rights B 2000 March 2009 5. Maldives: Human Rights B pril 2008 March 2010 November 2015 B 6. Myanmar: Myanmar National Human Rights B 7. Oman: National Human Rights B November 2013 8. Thailand: National Human Rights B 2004 March 2014 March 2014 deferred to recommended to be dow ngraded B; given one year to establish compliance w ith the Paris Principles November 2015 B Central sia 1. Kazakhstan: The er for Human Rights B March 2012 2. Kyrgyzstan: The Ombudsman B March 2012 3. Tajikistan: The Human Rights Ombudsman B March 2012 frica 1. lgeria: nationale des droits de l homme B 2000 (R) s of 26 January 2018 * See relevant SC Report
2. Burundi: nationale indépendante des droits de l homme Page 10 of 12 2002 (R) 2003 March 2009 B March 2010 - deferred to Oct. 2010 October 2010 B B November 2012 May 2016 special review in second session of 2016 November 2016 recommended to be dow ngraded to B status; given one year to establish compliance w ith the Paris Principles November 2017- B 3. Chad: nationale des droits de l homme B 2000 (R) 2001 (R) 2003 (R) November 2009 B 4. Congo: nationale des droits de l homme B October 2010 5. Côte d Ivoire: nationale des droits de B May 2016 B l homme 6. Libya: National Council for Civil Liberties and Human B - B Rights 7. Mali: nationale des droits de l homme B March 2012 8. Senegal: Comité sénégalais des droits de l homme B 2000 * October 2010 deferred to deferred to Oct. 2011 October 2011 recommended to be accredited B; given one year to establish compliance w ith the Paris Principles November 2012 B 9. Tunisia: Comité supérieur des droits de l homme et B November 2009 des libertés fondamentales 10. Ethiopia: Ethiopian Human Rights B November 2013 Europe 1. ustria: The ustrian Ombudsman Board B 2000 2. Bulgaria: for Protection gainst B October 2011 Discrimination 3. Bulgaria: The Ombudsman B October 2011 4. Cyprus: er for dministration and Human B November 2015 B Rights 5. Macedonia: The Ombudsman B October 2011 6. Moldova: Human Rights Centre B November 2009 7. Montenegro: Protector of Human Rights and B May 2016 B Freedoms 8. Slovakia: National Centre for Human Rights B 2002 C March 2012 ccreditation lapsed due to non-submission of documentation March 2014 B 9. Slovenia: Human Rights Ombudsman B 2000 March 2010 s of 26 January 2018 * See relevant SC Report
10. Sweden: Equality Ombudsman B C INSTITUTIONS frica 1. Benin: béninoise des droits de l homme C 2002 2. Madagascar: nationale des droits de l homme C 2000 (R) 2002 (R) 2003 (R) pril 2006 status w ithdraw n C mericas 1. ntigua and Barbuda: Office of the Ombudsman C 2001 2. Barbados: Office of the Ombudsman C 2001 3. Puerto Rico: Oficina del Procurador del Ciudadano del Estado Libre sociado de Puerto Rico sia and the Pacific Hong Kong Special dministrative Region of China: 1. Equal Opportunities C March 2007 C 2000 2. Iran: islamique des droits de l homme C 2000 Europe 1. Romania: Romanian Institute for Human Rights C 2. Switzerland: fédérale pour les questions féminines 3. Switzerland: Federal gainst Racism C SUSPENDED INSTITUTIONS March 2007 C March 2009 1998 (B) March 2010 C sia and the Pacific Fiji: Human Rights mericas Paraguay: Defensoría del Pueblo Suspended Note: resigned from the GNHRI on 2 pril 2007 Suspended Note: resigned from the GNHRI on 10 July 2014 2000 () March 2007 accreditation suspended; documents to be submitted at session of Oct. 2007 2 pril 2007 resigns from the GNHRI 2003 March 2014 March 2014 deferred to October 2014 suspended INSTITUTIONS WHOSE CCREDITTION HS LPSED frica Burkina Faso: nationale des droits de l homme 2002 (R) 2003 (R) 2005 B March 2012 ccreditation lapsed due to nonsubmission of documentation Page 11 of 12 s of 26 January 2018 * See relevant SC Report
Europe Norway: Norwegian Centre for Human Rights In view of the establishment of Norw egian National Human Rights Institution and its accreditation in March 2017. ccreditation of this institution lapsed. DISSOLVED INSTITUTIONS Europe Hungary: Parliamentary er for Civil Rights The institution ceased to exist in view of establishment of new institution er for Fundamental Rights. The Netherlands: Equal Treatment 1999 2004 March 2010 The institution ceased to exist in view of establishment of new institution The Netherlands Institute for Human Rights. Ireland: Irish Human Rights November 2014 The institution has been dissolved by ct 2014 that established the Irish Human Rights and Equality Belgium: The Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism December 2014 The institution had been transformed into tw o institutions. The Interfederal Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Discrimination and Racism; The Federal Centre for the nalysis of Migration Flow s Page 12 of 12 s of 26 January 2018 * See relevant SC Report