NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS
NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS

Summary/Abstract: Independence is at the core of international standards relating to National Human Rights Institutions - the Paris Principles. The system of international accreditation assists National Institutions to be safeguards of human rights at home and internationally. Ensuring independence and providing guidance how to achieve it is an invaluable undertaking of the International Coordinating Committee helping National Institutions to effectively fulfill their human rights role. One of the two County’s National Institutions – the Ombudsman – has applied and was accredited a not fully compliant “B” status in 2011 with recommendations to amend the legislation to allow for a wider mandate, transparent appointment and diversity of composition as well as ensure adequate funding and interaction with the international human rights system. It is hoped that all relevant actors will take the recommendations strongly on board to strengthen Country’s National Institutions and make them credible safeguards of the realization of the international human rights guarantees.

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