National Human Rights Institutions -- HRDC

Project: National Human Rights Institutions

NGO Consultations

Recent HRDC Publications

Komnas HAM -- The Indonesian Human Rights Commission: The formative years
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Suhakam: The Malaysian Human Rights Commission Finding Its Feet (with SAHRDC)
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Indonesia's Tanjung Priok Inquiry: A safe harbour for human rights abuses? (with SAHRDC)
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Judgement Reserved: The Case of the National Human Rights Commission of India (with SAHRDC)
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United Nations Material

UN Charter-based Bodies' Reports and Resolutions
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UN Handbook on the Establishment and Strengthening of National Human Rights Institutions: Professional Training Series No. 4
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Paris Principles (Annex to GA Res. 48/134)
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Other NGOs' Material

South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre, National Human Rights Institutions in the Asia Pacific Region (Report of the Alternate NGO Consultation on the Second Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on NHRIs)
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Amnesty International, Bangladesh: Proposed Standards for a National Human Rights Commission, (ASA 13/003/1997)
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International Council on Human Rights, Performance and Legitimacy: national human rights institutions
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Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at American University, Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission: A step in the right direction?
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NHRI Websites (Regional, National, Subnational)

Regional : Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions

National : Canada · Australia · India · Indonesia · Mexico · New Zealand · South Africa

Subnational : Canada (Alberta; British Columbia; Manitoba; New Brunswick; Newfoundland ; Nova Scotia; Ontario; Prince Edward Island; Quebec; Saskatchewan) · United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

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