Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions
Participating in a panel on NHRI activities at the national, regional and international levels, the APF
underlined the importance of the relationship between NHRIs and civil society organisations and
suggested a number of areas for future ANNI and NHRI collaboration, which informed ANNI’s strategic
planning and will be incorporated into the outcome document from the meeting.
4.4
Member satisfaction with APF advocacy
Evaluation findings
Outcome indicator: Advocacy
Performance rating: On track
The APF seeks to play an active role at the international and regional level in the protection and promotion
of human rights. One function of the APF is to advocate common policy positions adopted by the APF
membership.
Member satisfaction with the role played by the APF in UN processes during 2011–12 remains high, but
has fallen slightly from last year, as shown in Figure 12. This is largely due to starkly divergent ratings
given by several members in relation to the work of the APF in influencing the CSW and OEWG. The
substantial majority of members highly value all work done by the APF.
Figure 12: Value to members of the APF’s role in UN mechanisms (median member rating)
2012
UN Human Rights Council
and its mechanisms
2011
2010
International Coordinating
Committee of National Institutions
UN Commission on the
Status of Women
UN Open Ended
Working Group on Ageing
0
4.5
1
2
3
4
5
Costs and benefits of engaging with UN processes
Evaluation findings
Outcome indicator: Evaluation
Performance rating: On track
48 | 4. Engage with regional and international human rights mechanisms