Network of African National Human Rights Institutions

The Network of African National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI) is one of four regional groupings within the global network, the Global Alliance for National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI). 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

NANHRI website
National Human Rights Institutions Forum (Official NHRI Portal) at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2002-09-15)

v t e International human rights organisations and institutions
Types	Human rights group Human rights commission Human rights institutions Truth and reconciliation commission
International institutions	Committee on the Rights of the Child Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities International Criminal Court Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights UN Human Rights Committee UN Human Rights Council UN Security Council
Regional bodies	African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights African Court of Justice European Court of Human Rights European Committee for the Prevention of Torture Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Multi-lateral bodies	European Union Council of Europe Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) 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	Amnesty International FIDH Human Rights Watch Emergency NGO Human Rights First
ICRC – organization with special status based on Geneva Conventions	International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

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