9.6.5 Cooperation with other human rights institutions
The ICC encourages joint activities and cooperation among national human rights institutions. NHRIs should closely cooperate and share information with statutory institutions established also for the promotion and protection of human rights, for example at the state level or on thematic issues, as well as other organisations, such as NGOs, working in the field of human rights and should demonstrate that this occurs in their application to the ICC Sub-Committee.14
Regional groupings of NHRIs also provide the opportunity for concerted action on important trans-national issues.
General Resources: Additional organizations and associations that can offer support, resources and information on regional, thematic and other types of coordination and available programming include:
- Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: www.ohchr.org
- National Human Rights Institutions Forum: www.nhri.net
- Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions:
www.asiapacificforum.net - Network of African National Human Rights Institutions www.nanhri.org
- Commonwealth Secretariat: www.thecommonwealth.org
- Equitas: International Centre for Human Rights Education www.equitas.org
- Raoul Wallenberg Institute: www.rwi.lu.se
14 ICC Sub-Committee on Accreditation General Observations (Geneva, June 2009).