Engaging at the regional and international levels Outcome 3: Strengthened NHRI engagement regionally and internationally Promoting genuine and sustained change on human rights issues regionally and internationally is long-term and complex work. APF members seek to raise human rights concerns with regional bodies and the international human rights system. We support our members in this important work by building understanding about the unique role and functions of independent NHRIs. We also work to support greater engagement and participation of NHRIs at the regional and international levels and contribute the collective voice of our members to discussions in these forums. “The APF’s engagement with UN mechanisms helped its member NHRIs to makes their voices heard at the international mechanisms effectively.” National Human Rights Commission of Korea, APF Annual Member Survey 2021-22 We contributed to GANHRI activities The APF is one of four regional networks which comprise the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI). GANHRI’s 2022 Bureau, General Assembly and associated meetings were held as virtual meetings in March 2022. In these meetings the APF Chairperson and elected Bureau representatives, in association with elected representatives from the other three regional networks, discussed a range of administrative and policyrelated issues and made recommendations to the General Assembly for adoption. APF Annual Report 2021-2022 During 2021-22 we also took part in the GANHRI-UNDPOHCHR tripartite meeting (October 2021), the GANHRI NHRI Caucus on Human Rights and Climate Change (October 2021), and the Extraordinary General Assembly (December 2021). In preparation for these meetings, we provided advice and written reports to the APF Chairperson, its elected Bureau members and the broader APF membership on issues for consideration and decision. 17