Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions Mongolia South Korea Afghanistan Palestine Nepal Jordan Bahrain Qatar India Bangladesh Myanmar Oman Thailand Philippines Asia Pacific Forum membership. Sri Lanka Malaysia Maldives Indonesia Timor Leste Australia Full Members Associate Members New NHRIs (not currently accredited with the ICC) New Zealand The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the APF. Strategic objectives and activities This Annual Report covers the period 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013. The report details the APF’s activities under the following five key strategic objectives: 1. enhance members’ institutional capacity 2. enhance members’ communication, cooperation and engagement 3. promote compliance with the Paris Principles 4. engage with international and regional human rights mechanisms, and 5. effective, efficient and strategic management of the APF.1 The following major activities were undertaken by the APF during the reporting period. 1 4 | Introduction As amended by Forum Councillors at the 16th Annual Meeting of the APF to include gender mainstreaming as a cross-cutting strategic objective.