A Manual on National Human Rights Institutions Chapter 6: The independence of NHRI members 6.1. Basic principles 43 6.2. Appointment 44 58 6.3. Term of appointment 6.4. Dismissal 58 61 6.5. Immunity from legal action Chapter 7: Pluralism 65 Chapter 8: Adequate funding and resources 69 8.1. Adequate funding 69 8.2. Adequate resources 70 8.3. The budgeting process 71 8.4. A “low risk” process 71 8.5. An exclusively parliamentary process 72 8.6. Supplementary funding 74 8.7. Accountability for expenditure 78 Part II The responsibilities and functions of NHRIs 81 Chapter 9: Broad mandate – the promotion and protection of human rights 82 9.1. The core competence of NHRIs for human rights 82 9.2. Promotion and protection 84 9.3. Exclusions from jurisdiction 86 Chapter 10: Broad functions 89 Chapter 11: Adequate powers 98 11.1. Basic powers 98 11.2. Prosecutorial powers 100 11.3. Protection of victims and witnesses 102 Chapter 12: The advisory function of NHRIs 105 12.1. What it is 105 12.2. Initiating advice 108 12.3. Recipients of advice 109 12.4. Developing advice 109 12.5. The kind of advice 110 12.6. The response to advice 111 12.7. Following up advice 112 Chapter 13: The human rights education function of NHRIs ii 43 116 13.1. What it is 116 13.2. The three dimensions of human rights education 122 13.3. Effective human rights education 127 13.4. Human rights educators 129