Assessing the Effectiveness of National Human Rights Institutions

Assessing

the Effectiveness of ?

National Human Rights Institutions

Office of the United Nations

High Commissionner

for Human Rights

International Council on Human Rights Policy

The International Council on Human Rights Policy was established in Geneva in

1998 to conduct applied research into current ?human rights issues. Its research

is designed to be of practical relevance to policy-makers in international and

regional organisations, in ?governments and inter-governmental agencies, and

in voluntary ?organisations of all kinds. The Council is independent, international

?in its membership, and participatory in its approach. It is registered as a nonprofit foundation under Swiss law.

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

OHCHR was created in 1993 with the responsibility for human rights within the

United Nations. The task given to the High Commissioner is to strengthen the

efforts of the United Nations to implement all rights and to lead the international

human rights movement by acting as a moral authority and voice for victims.

The High Commissioner engages in dialogue and builds co-operation with

Governments to strengthen national human rights protection. The Office works

with an ever wider range of actors, including NGOs, academic institutions and

the private sector, to instil commitment to human rights as widely as possible. It

ensures practical implementation of international human rights standards.

Cover illustration

? The Trustees of the British

Museum. List of the kings

of Egypt from the Temple of

Ramesses II. Abydos, Egypt.

19th Dynasty, around 1250 BC.

Assessing

the Effectiveness of

National Human Rights Institutions

The International Council wishes to thank the Office of the United Nations High

Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR); the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign

Affairs; the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland; the British Department for

International Development (DFID); the Swedish International Development

Agency (SIDA); the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAE); the

Ford Foundation, United States; Christian Aid, United Kingdom; and CAFOD,

United Kingdom for their financial support to this project.

Assessing

the Effectiveness of

National Human Rights Institutions

? 2005 International Council on Human Rights Policy

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