European Group of National Human Rights Institutions

The European Group of NHRIs is one of four regional networks of national human rights institutions within the International Co-ordinating Committee of NHRIs (the ICC). Full membership of the Group is restricted to those human rights commissions and ombudsman agencies deemed by the ICC to be fully compliant with the United Nations-endorsed Paris Principles, hence accredited with "A status" by the peer review process carried out by an ICC subcommittee in close liaison with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. "A status" institutions gain special access to the Human Rights Council, UN treaty committees and other elements of the UN human rights system. National institutions without "A status" may attend Group meetings by invitation, but may not vote or take office.

The European Group co-ordinates joint action by NHRIs across the Council of Europe region, including by way of conferences and thematic working groups. It is currently chaired by the Scottish Human Rights Commission, which represents the Group on the ICC Bureau.^[1]

Members

Map showing all International Coordinating Committee members, not only those from Europe:

NHRI full members, class A

NHRI associate members, class B

NHRI members, class C

NHRI suspended members

The A-status full members of the European Group (as of October 2012) are the following national institutions:

Albania: People's Advocate
Armenia: Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia
Azerbaijan: Commissioner for Human Rights
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Human Rights Ombudsman of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia: Office of the Croatian Ombudsman
Denmark: Danish Institute for Human Rights
France: Commission nationale consultative des droits de l'homme
Georgia: Office of Public Defender of Georgia
Germany: German Institute for Human Rights
Great Britain (UK): Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) - see also Scotland
Greece: National Human Rights Commission (Greece)
Ireland: Irish Human Rights Commission
Luxembourg: Consultative Commission of Human Rights (Luxembourg)
Northern Ireland (UK): Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC)
Norway: Norwegian Centre for Human Rights
Poland: Commissioner for Civil Rights Protection (ombudsman)
Portugal: Provedor de Justiça
Russia: Commissioner on Human Rights in the Russian Federation
Serbia: Office of the Ombudsman of the Republic of Serbia
Scotland (UK): Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) - see also Great Britain
Spain: Defensor del Pueblo (Ombudsman)
Ukraine: Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights

The following institutions are not "A status" accredited by the ICC but operate within the Council of Europe region, and often participate alongside European Group members in regional events:

Austria: Austrian Ombudsman Board
Belgium: Centre for equal opportunities and opposition to racism (Belgium)
Bulgaria: Bulgarian Parliamentary Ombudsman; Commission for Protection Against Discrimination of the Republic of Bulgaria
Cyprus: National Institute for the Protection of Human Rights (Cyprus)
Czech Republic: Public Defender of Rights (Czech Republic)
Finland: Parliamentary Ombudsman
Hungary: Parliamentary Commissioner on the Rights of National and Ethnic Minorities (Hungary)
Italy: Commissione per i Diritti Umani
Kazakhstan: Commissioner for Human Rights (National Ombudsman) (Kazakhstan)
Kosovo (Under United Nations Administration via UN Resolution 1244): Ombudsperson Institution in Kosovo
Kyrgyzstan: Ombudsman of the Kyrgyz Republic
Latvia: Rights' Defender
Lithuania: The Seimas Ombudsmen
Macedonia: Human Rights Ombudsman of Macedonia
Moldova: Centre for Human Rights of Moldova
Montenegro: Office of the Ombudsman of the Republic of Montenegro
Netherlands: Equal Treatment Commission (Netherlands)
Romania: Ombudsman (Avocatul Poporului)
Slovakia: Slovak National Centre for Human Rights
Slovenia: Human Rights Ombudsman (Slovenia)
Sweden: Parliamentary Ombudsman (JO); Children's Ombudsman (Sweden) (BO); Swedish Discrimination Ombudsman (DO)
Switzerland: Federal Commission against Racism (Switzerland); Federal Commission for Women's Issues
Uzbekistan: Authorized Person of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Human Rights (Ombudsman)

References

↑ "International: European Network". Scottish Human Rights Commission. Retrieved 6 September 2014.

International human rights organisations and institutions

Types	Human rights group Human rights commission Human rights institutions Truth and reconciliation commission

International institutions	Committee on the Rights of the Child Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities International Criminal Court Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights UN Human Rights Committee UN Human Rights Council UN Security Council

Regional bodies	African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights African Court of Justice European Court of Human Rights European Committee for the Prevention of Torture Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Multi-lateral bodies	European Union Council of Europe Organisation of American States (OAS) UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) International Labour Organization (ILO) World Health Organization (WHO) UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) UN Population Fund (UNFPA) UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) UN Development Programme (UNDP) Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)

Major NGOs	Amnesty International FIDH Human Rights Watch International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Emergency NGO Human Rights First

European Group of National Human Rights Institutions

Members

See also

References