Examples of provisions establishing the scope of the mandate of NHRIs Bahrain An independent Institution is established named “The National Institution for Human Rights” responsible for promoting and protecting human rights, and consolidating its values and contributing to securing its practice. Law No 26 2014 Article 2 Indonesia The National Commission on Human Rights aims to: a. Develop conditions conducive to the execution of human rights in accordance with Pancasila, the 1945 Constitution, the United Nations Charter, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; and, b. Improve the protection and upholding of human rights in the interests of the personal development of Indonesian people as a whole and their ability to participate in several aspects of life. Law No 39 of 1999 Article 75 Mongolia ‘The National Human Rights Commission’ means independent and autonomous national institution charged with monitoring over the implementation of the provisions on human rights and freedoms and provided in the Constitution of Mongolia, laws and international treaties of Mongolia and mandated with the protection and promotion of human rights. Law on the National Human Rights Commission of Mongolia 2020 Article 3 Republic of Korea The purpose of this Act is to contribute to the embodiment of human dignity and worth as well as to the safeguard of the basic order of democracy, by establishing the National Human Rights Commission to ensure that inviolable, fundamental human rights of all individuals are protected and the standards of human rights are improved. National Human Rights Commission Act 2001 Article 1 3. Paris Principles, ‘Competence and responsibilities’, para. 1. 4. The Human Rights and Equality Institution of Türkiye, for example, has the function under its law of ‘[f]ollowing and assessing international developments in areas of human rights and non-discrimination’ Law on the Human Rights and Equality Institution of Türkiye No. 6701/2016 Article 9(1)(m) at https://www.tihek.gov.tr/en/pages/Law-on-theHuman-Rights-and-Equality-Institution-of-Turkiye. Pursuant to this function, in 2024 the NHRI produced the Human Rights Violations in Palestine and Gaza Genocide Report at https://www.tihek.gov.tr/en/pages/human-rights-violations-in-palestine-and-gaza-genocide-report. In 2024 the National Human Rights Commission of Mexico also addressed the situation in Gaza, issuing a statement and calling for international action to protect the human rights of the Palestinian people in Gaza: see Statement on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza DGDDH/007/2024 at https://www.cndh.org.mx/documento/pronunciamiento-ante-la-crisis-humanitaria-en-gaza. National action on international issues 9