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The
Asia Pacific Forum
(
APF
) is one of four regional networks of
national human rights institutions
(NHRIs) within the
International Co-ordinating Committee
of NHRIs. The APF formerly accredited NHRIs for compliance with the
United Nations
'
Paris Principles
, but now acknowledges the accreditation decisions of an ICC sub-committee on which the APF has one of the four (regional) seats.
The APF is unique among the four regional networks in having close working relations with
non-governmental organisations
in its region.
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The
full members
of the APF (as of December 2011) are the following national institutions deemed to be fully compliant with the
Paris Principles
, and holding A status ICC accreditation:
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- Afghanistan
- Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission
- Australia
- Australian Human Rights Commission
- India
- National Human Rights Commission
- Indonesia
- National Commission on Human Rights
(Komnas HAM)
- Jordan
- National Centre for Human Rights
- Korea, Republic of
- National Human Rights Commission of Korea
- Malaysia
- Human Rights Commission of Malaysia
(SUHAKAM)
- Mongolia
- National Human Rights Commission
- Nepal
- National Human Rights Commission
- New Zealand
- Human Rights Commission
- Palestine
- The Independent Commission for Human Rights
- Philippines
- Commission on Human Rights (Philippines)
- Qatar
- National Committee for Human Rights
- Thailand
- National Human Rights Commission
- Timor Leste
- Office of the Provedor for Human Rights and Justice
The following B status NHRIs are eligible for full membership when they demonstrate compliance with the
Paris Principles
:
- Bangladesh
- National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh
- Maldives
- Human Rights Commission of the Maldives
- Sri Lanka
- National Human Rights Commission
The following C status NHRIs are in the APF region but are not compliant with the Principles and are thus ineligible for membership:
- Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Equal Opportunities Commission
- Iran
- Islamic Human Rights Commission
In addition:
- Fiji
- The
Fiji Human Rights Commission
was suspended from the ICC (hence the APF) in 2007 over its attitude to the previous year's
military coup
, and scheduled for special review of its then A-status accreditation; in April 2007 it resigned from the ICC.
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