ANNUAL REPORT 2019 iii. Commonwealth Forum of National Human Rights Institutions The Commonwealth Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (CFNHRI) is an international network of NHRIs across the Commonwealth. The objective of the CFNHRI is to build partnerships, share information through experiences and best practices among member institutions and to advance human rights collectively. CFNHRI hosted a Workshop on Sports and Human Rights from 3 – 5 September in Kigali, Rwanda, which took place alongside the General Assembly of the Commonwealth Games Federation. SUHAKAM participated in the workshop together with the other Commonwealth NHRIs. The workshop emphasised that sport and human rights are interlinked concepts and that every person - regardless of age, gender, disability, religious belief, social background, political opinion, race, ethnicity or nationality - has the right to participate in sports meaningfully. Apart from that, sports can also help promote human rights and sustainable development, and foster cooperation, solidarity, fairness, social inclusion, education and health at the local, regional and international levels. iv. Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions The Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) is the international network of NHRIs to promote and strengthen NHRIs’ compliance of the Paris Principles and support NHRI engagement with the UN system and other international organisations. GANHRI currently has more than 100 members, including SUHAKAM. SUHAKAM attended GANHRI’s Annual Meeting in March 2019. CHAPTER 1 The 24th APF Annual General Meeting and Biennial Conference took place from 3 – 5 September in Seoul, Korea. SUHAKAM attended both sessions and also spoke on the topic ‘Measures to prevent hate and discrimination in all parts of our societies’. 83