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. Report structure This report provides an overview of APF activities undertaken from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012 to meet the APF’s five strategic objectives to: • enhance members’ institutional capacity to promote and protect human rights • enhance members’ communication, cooperation and engagement • promote compliance with the Paris Principles • engage with regional and international human rights mechanisms, and • ensure the efficient and effective strategic management of the APF.1 These strategic objectives apply to the activities of the APF secretariat and the activities of member institutions when they represent the APF. They define the scope of this report. The main activities of each of our individual member institutions are reported separately in each member’s annual report. Members’ assessment The APF undertakes a rigorous approach to evaluating its progress in achieving its strategic objectives. Based on information provided by APF member intuitions and other key stakeholders, the APF Annual Report presents an assessment of the APF’s performance against its strategic objectives. 1 4 | Introduction As amended by Forum Councillors at the APF’s 16th Annual Meeting to include gender mainstreaming as a cross-cutting strategic objective.