NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION The GANHRI works to create and strengthen the National Institutions and to ensure that they conform to the Paris Principles. In all its activities and in its Presidency, Committees, Working Groups, etc., the GANHRI will ensure gender equality. NHRC, India is a GANHRI member with ‘A’ status accreditation which was earlier accredited in 1999 and reaccredited in 2006, 2011 and so forth. 2.76 The Sub-Committee on Accreditation (SCA) of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) awarded ‘A’ status Accreditation to the National Human Rights Commission of India in 2017 as acknowledgement of the important work that the Commission has carried out for the protection of human rights and promotion of human rights awareness within the country. Annual Meetings of GANHRI 2.77 NHRC India was a member of the GANHRI Bureau in the year 2003 and from 2007 to 2011. The NHRC India Delegation led by Chairperson Justice Shri H. L. Dattu, accompanied by the Secretary General and Joint Secretary attended the 29th Annual Conference of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) on promotion and protection of human rights at Geneva from 21st -23rd March, 2016. The General Meeting elected India as a Bureau Member of GANHRI from Asia Pacific Region (APF). Thus, after a gap of four years, NHRC India has again become a member of the GANHRI Bureau with the election of Justice Shri H. L. Dattu, the present Chairperson of the Commission from this year i.e. 2016. In the opening plenary session, Justice Shri H.L. Dattu, Chairperson, NHRC India delivered a statement on the role of NHRC India in the priority theme of “Business and Human Rights”. 2.78 The National Human Rights Commission, India delegation consisting of Justice Shri P.C. Ghose and Shri Ambuj Sharma, Secretary General, NHRC attended the GANHRI Bureau meeting at San Jose, Costa Rica from 1st -3rd November, 2017. 2.79 The National Human Rights Commission, India delegation consisting of Justice Shri H. L. Dattu, Chairperson, Shri P. C. Ghose, Member, Shri Ambuj Sharma, and Secretary General attended the various meetings i.e. GANHRI Bureau Meeting & GANHRI General Assembly Meeting, APF Forum Counsellor Meeting, and Commonwealth Forum of NHRIs Annual Meeting (CFNHRI) from 19th -23rd February, 2018. NHRC Participation in Other International Meetings 2.80 Shri D.M. Tripathy, Under Secretary (GA/Estt) attended the ongoing programme of cooperation between the APF and UNDP to strengthen the capacity of NHRIs in the region 32 Annual Report 2017-2018