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

Additional References for NHRIs support IN THE establishment and consolidation PHASES:


Commission on Human Rights, Oral Statements on Effective Functioning of Human Rights Mechanisms: National Institutions and Regional Arrangements asp?PID=338&DID=0.

Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), Human Rights Commissions: A Citizen’s Handbook, 2nd ed.

Commonwealth Secretariat, Commonwealth Model National Plan of Action on Human Rights (London: Commonwealth Secretariat, 2007).

Commonwealth Secretariat, Comparative Study on Mandates of National Human Rights Institutions in the Commonwealth (London: Commonwealth Secretariat, 2007).

The Danish Human Rights Centre, National Human Rights Institutions Articles and Working Papers: Input to the Discussions of the Establishment and Development of the Functions of National Human Rights Institutions.

Danish Institute for Human Rights, Conclusions of the International Roundtable on the Role of NHRIs and Treaty Bodies (Berlin, 2006).

Draft Report: National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) /Treaty Body Workshop (Geneva, 2007).

Equitas, Equality for Women: A Handbook for NHRIs on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 2008.

Equitas, Human Rights Education and Promotion: Building the Capacity of the National Human Rights Commission (2005).

Equitas, National Human Rights Institutions at Work: Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on Women’s Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2006).

Equitas, Protection and Promotion of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Nepal: Building the Capacity of the National Human Rights Commission, the Government and Civil Society (2004).

Anne-Marie Garrido, The Engagement of NHRIs with the UN Human Rights Council 2006: Report to the 19th session of the ICC 22 March 2007.

Human Rights Documentation Center (HRDC), “Executive Summary - The Indonesian Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM): The Formative Years,”.

Human Rights Documentation Center (HRDC), “Indonesia’s Tanjung Priok Inquiry: A Safe Harbour for Human Rights Abuses?,”.

Human Rights Documentation Center (HRDC), “Suhakam: The Malaysian Human Rights Commission Finding Its Feet”.

ICC Chair Geneva Representative, Report 2008.

The International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions (ICC), ICC Position Paper Volume I: National Human Rights Institutions and the UN Human Rights Council (2006).

The International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions (ICC), ICC Position Paper Volume II: National Human Rights Institutions and the Special Procedures and Universal Periodic Review Mechanism (2006).

The International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions (ICC), ICC Position Papers Volume III: Engagement of National Human Rights Institutions with the Universal Periodic Review Mechanism (2007).

The International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions (ICC), ICC Position Papers Volume IV: Engagement of National Human Rights Institutions with the Special Procedures (2007).

Joy Liddicoat, National Human Rights Institutions: Pathways for Pacific States, Pacific Human Rights Issues, Series: 1.

Amrei Müller and Frauke Seidensticker, The Role of National Human Rights Institution in the UN Treaty Body Process.

National Human Rights Institutions Forum (NHRI Forum), “Compilation of UN Treaty Body Recommendations and Concluding Observations relevant to National Institutions since 2000,”.

National Human Rights Institutions Forum (NHRI Forum), “Documentation for Accreditation of NHRIs,”.

National Human Rights Institutions Forum (NHRI Forum), “The Eighth International Conference for National Human Rights Institutions” (2006).

National Human Rights Institutions Forum (NHRI Forum), “NHRI Statements at Human Rights Council Sessions,”.

National Human Rights Institutions Forum (NHRI Forum), “The Ninth International Conference for National Human Rights Institutions” (2008).

National Human Rights Institutions Forum (NHRI Forum), “Training and Education Resources,”.

OHCHR, 2008 Report: Activities and Results.

OHCHR, Claiming Millennium Development Goals: A Human Rights Approach (2009).

OHCHR, “UNDG Guidelines on Indigenous Peoples’ Issues” Professional Training Series No. 16 (2009).

OHCHR, DESA, and the IPU, “From Exclusion to Equality: Realizing the Rights of Persons with Disabilities” Professional Training Series No. 14 (2007).

OHCHR and UNAIDS, Handbook on HIV and Human Rights for National Human Rights Institutions (2007).

Anna-Elina Pohjolainen, The Evolution of National Human Rights Institutions: The Role of the United Nations (The Danish Institute for Human Rights, 2006).

Dr. Purna Sen, Human Rights in the Commonwealth: A Status Report (London: Commonwealth Secretariat, 2008). Workshop of National Human Rights Institutions and Treaty Bodies: Conclusions (Geneva, 2007).


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