ANNUAL REPORT 2014–2015
The important point to understand about national human rights institutions
is that they are independent of government and they become, in a sense, the
conscience of their country. We have a statutory power that allows us to speak
the truth to power.
PROFESSOR GILLIAN TRIGGS
PRESIDENT OF THE AUSTRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
SOURCE: APF INTERVIEW, MAY 2015
Mongolia
Kazakhstan
South Korea
Afghanistan
Iraq
Palestine
Jordan
Nepal
Bahrain
Qatar
India
Bangladesh
Oman
Myanmar
Thailand
Philippines
Sri Lanka
Malaysia
Maldives
Indonesia
Timor Leste
Samoa
Australia
Full Members
Associate Members
New Zealand
New NHRIs
(not currently
accredited with
the ICC)
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