National Human Right Commission The Meeting also adopted the St. Julian’s Declaration on Climate Justice on behalf of the Commonwealth NHRIs in response to the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Participation in APF Regional Meeting, CFNHRI Annual Meeting & 29th Annual Meeting of ICC 2.56 Justice Shri H.L. Dattu, Chairperson along with Shri S.N. Mohanty, Secretary General, Dr. Ranjit Singh, Joint Secretary (P&A) attended the Asia Pacific Forum Regional Meeting, Commonwealth Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (CFNHRI) Annual Meeting and 29th Annual General Meeting of International Coordinating Committee on Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (ICC), at Geneva, Switzerland from 21 to 23 March 2016. The 29th Annual Meeting was significant as the ICC was renamed as the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI). Justice Shri Dattu also emerged as the unanimous choice to be elected as a Member of the Bureau of the GANHRI in Geneva. NHRC, India will now be representing the Asia Pacific Region along with Mongolia, Qatar and Australia. On the sidelines of the GANHRI meeting, NHRC, India for the first time organized a ‘Knowledge Fair’ giving an insight into the work of the Commission towards building and spreading awareness on protection and promotion of human rights.  26 Annual Report - 2015-2016

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