The National Council for Human Rights (CNDH) was unanimously elected Monday to chair the Sub-Committee on Accreditation (SCA), the most important body of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI), for a one-year term renewable twice.
The session of this sub-committee, which is being held on December 7-17, was originally scheduled for last March and had to be postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a GANHRI press release.
The SCA is in charge, among other things, of reviewing and assessing accreditation applications submitted by national human rights institutions (NHRI) worldwide.
It is the only body empowered to rule on the independence of NHRIs and their compliance with the Paris Principles in accordance with the GANHRI Statute.
This body is composed of four A-status accredited National Human Rights Institutions, in full compliance with the Paris Principles, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1993.
Four regions are represented, namely Africa, Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas, the statement said, adding that besides the CNDH, which represents Africa, the subcommittee includes Canada, France and Palestine.
The SCA holds two sessions each year during which it assesses the compliance of laws and practices of NHRIs with the Paris Principles and prepares a comprehensive report on its works at the end of each session.
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