Chapter 1
Introducing National Human
Rights Institutions

Chapter 2
Models of NHRIs

Chapter 3
Roles and Responsabilities of
NHRIs

Chapter 4
The Rule of Law and the NHRI

Chapter 5
NHRIs, Development and
Democratic Governance

Chapter 6
Situating NHRI Support in the UN Planning & Programming Process

Chapter 7
Pre-establishment Phase of NHRIs

Chapter 8
Establishing NHRIs

Chapter 9
Consolidation Phase:
Strengthening the Mature NHRI

Chapter 10
Paris Principles and Accreditation

A Faltering Intake System


Scenario: A Faltering Intake System

You have a project with an NHRI that has been in operation for two years. You have just received the first annual report and seen the case statistics. Although the NHRI has a broad mandate, as set out in the Paris Principles, it appears that most of the cases that have been dealt with so far were out of the organization's jurisdiction or should have been referred elsewhere. In short, it appears that most of the organization's energy is focused on issues that it should not have been dealing with in the first place, and that most of the cases investigated resulted in a finding of "no jurisdiction" or referral to another body.