- Network of African National Human Rights Institutions
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The Network of African National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI) is one of four regional groupings within the global network, the International Co-ordinating Committee of NHRIs (ICC). NANHRI promotes the establishment of national human rights institutions throughout Africa, and supports co-operation and training to strengthen and develop the monitoring, promotion, protection and advocacy work of African NHRIs.
Members
The following NANHRI members are (as of 30 May 2010) accredited with full "A status" by the ICC, hence deemed to be fully compliant with the Paris Principles:
- Egypt
- National Council for Human Rights (Egypt)
- Ghana
- Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice CHRAJ
- Kenya
- Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR)
- Malawi
- Malawi Human Rights Commission
- Mauritius
- National Human Rights Commission (Mauritius)
- Morocco
- Human Rights Advisory Council (Morocco)
- Namibia
- Office of the Ombudsman (Namibia)
- Niger
- Nigerien National Commission on Human Rights and Fundamental Liberties
- Rwanda
- National Commission for Human Rights (Rwanda)
- Senegal
- Senegalese Committee for Human Rights
- South Africa
- South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC)
- Tanzania
- Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance (Tanzania)
- Togo
- National Human Rights Commission (Togo)
- Uganda
- Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC)
- Zambia
- Permanent Human Rights Commission (Zambia)
The following NANHRI members are (as of 30 May 2010) do not have full "A status":- Algeria
- National Human Rights Commission of Algeria
- Angola
- Provedor de Justiça e de direitos (Angola)
- Bénin
- Bénin Human Rights Commission
- Burkina Faso
- National Human Rights Commission of Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- National Commission on Human Rights and Freedoms
- Chad
- Chad National Human Rights Commission
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- National Human Rights Observatory (DR Congo)
- Republic of the Congo
- National Human Rights Commission (Republic of the Congo)
- Ethiopia
- Ethiopian Human Rights Commission
- Gabon
- National Human Rights Commission (Gabon)
- Madagascar
- National Human Rights Commission (Madagascar)
- Mali
- Commission nationale consultative des droits de l’homme (Mali)
- Mauritania
- Commissariat aux Droits de l’Homme, a la Lutte contre la Pauvreté et l’Insertion (Mauritania)
- Nigeria
- National Human Rights Commission (Nigeria)
- Sierra Leone
- Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone
- Sudan
- Southern Sudan Human Rights Commission
- Tunisia
- Higher Committee on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (Tunisia)
External links
See also
- Human rights
- Human rights in Africa
- Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (APF)
- European Group of National Human Rights Institutions
- Network of National Institutions in the Americas
- List of human rights articles by country
- Human Rights Commissions
- African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
International human rights organisations and institutions Standard organizations International
institutionsCommittee on the Rights of the Child · International Criminal Court · Human Rights Committee · Human Rights Council · UN Security CouncilRegional
bodiesMulti-lateral
bodiesEuropean Union · Council of Europe · Organisation of American States (OAS) · UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) · UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) · International Labour Organization (ILO) · World Health Organization (WHO) · UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) · Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) · UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) · Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) · UN Population Fund (UNFPA) · UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) · UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) · UN Development Programme (UNDP) · Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) · UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)Major NGOs Categories:- National human rights institutions
- Human rights organizations
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