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Please see 3 parts of this WUNRN release on UN National Human Rights Institutions.

The spread sheet from the UN Meeting of National Human Rights Institutions shows state/country representation, individual names, phones, and E-Mails.

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UNITED NATIONS Press Release

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National Human Rights Institutions to Discuss Increasing Human Rights Protection as well as Poverty and Business Practices

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15 April

GENEVA—Poverty reduction and the human rights implications of the ways businesses operate are among a wide range of issues that will be discussed from 14-18 April as over 144 delegates from 62 national human rights institutions gather in Geneva for their annual meeting.

Participants attending the 20th session of the national human rights institutions' International Coordinating Committee (ICC) will also take stock of major achievements and challenges over the past year, as well as ways to further enhance human rights protection.

National human rights institutions are state entities whose role is to monitor and promote human rights in a particular country. An increasing number of them operate under the so-called 'Paris Principles,' a set of internationally accepted performance standards regulating various aspects of their work, including their responsibilities and methods (contained in UN GA resolution 48/134).

Of the 62 national institutions attending the ICC meeting this year, 21 are from Europe, 18 from Africa, 14 from the Asia-Pacific region and 9 from the Americas.

The ICC – a representative body established for the purpose of creating and strengthening national human rights institutions – meets to discuss specific human rights issues, and twice a year its subcommittee on accreditation reviews the performance of accredited institutions or the status of new institutions. Some 60 national human rights institutions have now been accorded 'A Status' under this system which means they comply with the Paris Principles.

"We have achieved significant successes this past year because we are internationally respected for our rigorous, transparent and independent accreditation processes," said ICC Chair Jennifer Lynch, Q.C., Chief Commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission.

Among recent successes, she noted the UN Human Rights Council's granting of full accreditation to the ICC, its national human rights institution members and their regional coordinating bodies. She also said the level of collaboration between the national institutions and the ICC regional coordinating bodies has been strengthened, and that the ICC has bolstered its position within the UN human rights framework by placing a representative in Geneva.

More information on NHRIs and the ICC accreditation process may be found in the Secretary-General's reports to the last session of the HRC no 69 and 70.

List of participants
Agenda

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	Institution	Title	First Name	Surname	Position	Address	Fax	Email
AFRICA											UPR
Network of African National Human Rights Institutions		Mr.	Gilbert	Sebihogo	Executive Director	2nd Floor, CVS Plaza, Lenana Road, Nairobi	254 20 2716160	gsebihogo@knchr.org		F	y
Algeria	Commission nationale consultative de promotion et de protection des droits de l'homme	Mr.	Mostepha Farouk	Ksentini	President	9, rue Franklin Roosevelt Palais du Peuple, Alger	213 21239037	merdjana2000@yahoo.fr		F	y
		Mr.	Abddelouahab	Merdjana	Secretary General	9, rue Franklin Roosevelt Palais du Peuple, Alger	213 21239037	merdjana2000@yahoo.fr		F	y
		Mr.	Kamel	Filali	Member	9, rue Franklin Roosevelt Palais du Peuple, Alger	213 21239037	merdjana2000@yahoo.fr		F	y
		Ms.	Nassira	Bellola Azouz	Member	9, rue Franklin Roosevelt Palais du Peuple, Alger	213 21239037	merdjana2000@yahoo.fr		F	y
Egypt	The National Council for Human Rights	Mr.	Ahmed	Haggag	Member	1113, rue Corniche, El Nile, Cairo	202 574 5776	Ahmedhaggag2002@yahoo.com	E		y
Kenya	Kenya National Commission on Human Rights	Mr.	Maina	Kiai	Chairperson	1st Floor, CVS Plaza, Kasuku Road off Lenana Road, City Square, Nairobi 00200	254 020 2716160	mkiai@knchr.org	E		y
Malawi	Malawi Human Rights Commission	Ms.	Dorothy Grace	Mjuma Nyasulu	Commissioner	HB House Off Chilambula Rd. Opposite ADMARC Depot PB 378 Lilongwe 3	265 1 750 900	dnyasulu@malawiihrc.org
Mauritania	CNDH Mauritnie	Mr.	Mohamed Said	Ould Hamoudy	Commissioner
Mauritius	National Human Rights Commission	Mr.	Dheerujlall Baramlall	Seetulsingh	Chairman	2nd Floor, NPF Bldg, Jules Koening Street, Port Louis	230 208 28 58	mhrcdbs@intnet.mu	E		y
Morocco	Conseil Consultatif des Droits de l'Homme	Mr.	Ahmed	Herzenni	President	Place Ach-Chouhada, 10001 Rabat	212 377 32927	aherzenni@menara.ma		F
		Mr.	Aberrazak	Rouwane	Head of External Relations Unit		212 377 32926	rouwane@ccdh.org.ma		F	y
		Mr.	Albert	Sasson	Member		33 142 757714	Cecile.riou@cncdh.pm.gouv.fr		F	y
Namibia	Office of the Ombudsman	Mr.	John	Walters	Ombudsman	Private Bag 13211, Windhoek, Namibia	264 61 220550	ivanwyk@ombudsman.org.na	E		y
Niger	Commission nationale des droits de l'homme et des libertés fondamentales	Mr.	Garba	Lompo	President	P.O.Box 13334, Niamey	227 20744038	cndhlf@intnet.ne		F
		Mr.	Adoumou	Ibrahim	National Commissioner		228 20744038	cndhlf@intnet.ne		F
		Ms.	Aissata Keljou	Zakaria Ibrahim	National Commissioner		229 20744038	cndhlf@intnet.ne		F
		Mr.	Guero	Namata	National Commissioner		229 20744038	cndhlf@intnet.ne		F	y
		Mr.	Saidou	Waliakoye	Permanent Secretary		230 20744038	cndhlf@intnet.ne		F
		Mr.	Amadou Tidjani	Abdou	Technical Adviser		232 20744038	cndhlf@intnet.ne		F
Nigeria	National Human Rights Commission	Ms.	Kehinde Folasade