Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions The APF currently has the following 21 member institutions: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission the Australian Human Rights Commission the National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh the National Human Rights Commission of India the Indonesian National Commission on Human Rights the Jordan National Centre for Human Rights the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia the Human Rights Commission of the Maldives the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission the National Human Rights Commission of Mongolia the National Human Rights Commission of Nepal the New Zealand Human Rights Commission the National Human Rights Commission of Oman the Palestine Independent Commission for Human Rights the Philippines Commission on Human Rights the National Human Rights Committee of Qatar the National Human Rights Commission of the Republic of Korea the Ombudsman of Samoa the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand, and the Provedor for Human Rights and Justice of Timor-Leste. Mongolia Kazakhstan South Korea Afghanistan Palestine Jordan Nepal Bahrain Qatar India Oman Bangladesh Myanmar Thailand Philippines Asia Pacific Forum membership. Sri Lanka Malaysia Maldives Indonesia Timor Leste Samoa Australia Full Members Associate Members New NHRIs (not currently accredited with the ICC) The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the APF 4 | Introduction New Zealand