Acknowledgements This Guide has been initiated by the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (APF) under the leadership of Capacity Development Manager, Aishath Fasoha; Acting Capacity Development Manager, Ahmed Shahid; and with the support of Project Officer, Nayela Akter. It has been written by consultant, Dr Jill Chrisp. The real acknowledgements, however, must be given to the NHRIs in the Pacific who have continued to develop and test this approach, and the communities who have partnered with them: • Fiji Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission and the villages of Muana-i-cake Village, Muana-i-ra Village, and Laucala Island of Vutia District, Rewa Province, Fiji • Te Mato Akamoeau Office of the Ombudsman of Cook Islands and the disability and youth communities of Rarotonga. • Ofisa o le Komesina Sulufaiga Office of the Ombudsman of Samoa and the Fono Fa’avae of Aana No 1 District, Faleasiu and its five sub-villages: Safee, Sapulu, Lealalii, Moamoa, and Tauo’o. Specific acknowledgement goes to the team of Pacific HRCLD practitioners for their expertise, commitment, preparedness and courage to facilitate this way of working, and for providing direction for the writing of this Guide: Te Mato Akamoeau Office of the Ombudsman of Cook Islands • Jean-Maree Nootai • Destiny Tara Tolevu • Metua Tauraii Fiji Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission • Irene Yuen • Laisiasa Motoiula • Loukinikini Vili Ofisa o le Komesina Sulufaiga Office of the Ombudsman of Samoa • Vaelei Apulu-Ioasa • Ellenlina Tumua • Tracey Mikaele The APF could not have facilitated the Pacific-based project that contributed to this Guide, if it were not for the partnership of the Pacific Community (SPC), specifically Ashley Bowe, Chief of Party; Ranjesh Prakash, Social Inclusion Officer; and the PROJECT Governance team. Human Rights Community-led Development had its early beginnings in Aotearoa New Zealand where it was facilitated in six geographical and sectoral communities by Te Kāhui Tika Tangata, New Zealand Human Rights Commission (2003 – 2014) and in the Philippines where it was facilitated in three indigenous communities by the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines, in partnership with the New Zealand Human Rights Commission (2008 – 2011). Both initiatives were carried out under the inspired leadership of the then Chief New Zealand Human Rights Commissioner, Rosslyn Noonan. APF HRCLD Guide 4