Country | National Human Rights Institution | Accreditation |
Asia and the Pacific | | |
Afghanistan | Independent Human Rights Commission | Accreditation suspended in July 2022 due to dissolution of the Commission |
Australia | Human Rights Commission | A |
Bahrain | National Institution for Human Rights | B |
Bangladesh | National Human Rights Commission | B |
India | National Human Rights Commission | A |
Indonesia | Indonesia: National Commission on Human Rights | A |
Iraq | High Commission for Human Rights | A |
Jordan | National Centre for Human Rights | A |
Malaysia | Human Rights Commission | A |
Maldives | Human Rights Commission | B |
Mongolia | National Human Rights Commission | A |
Myanmar | Myanmar National Human Rights Commission | B |
Nepal | National Human Rights Commission | A |
New Zealand | Human Rights Commission | A |
Oman | National Human Rights Commission | B |
The Philippines | Commission on Human Rights | A |
Qatar | National Human Rights Committee | A |
Republic of Korea | National Human Rights Commission | A |
Samoa | Office of the Ombudsman | A |
Sri Lanka | The Human Rights Commission | B |
State of Palestine | Independent Commission for Human Rights | A |
Thailand | National Human Rights Commission | A |
Timor-Leste | Provedoria for Human Rights and Justice | A |
Uzbekistan | Authorized Person of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan | B |
Central Asia | | |
Kazakhstan | The Commissioner for Human Rights | B |
Kyrgyzstan | The Ombudsman | B |
Tajikistan | The Human Rights Ombudsman | B |
Africa | | |
Algeria | The National Human Rights Council | B |
Benin | Commission Béninoise des Droits de l’Homme | A |
Burundi | Commission Nationale Indépendante des Droits de l’Homme | A |
Cameroon | National Commission on Human Rights and Freedoms | A |
Chad | Commission Nationale des Droits de l’Homme | B |
Congo | Commission Nationale des Droits de l’Homme | B |
Côte d’Ivoire | Commission Nationale des Droits de l’Homme | B |
Democratic Republic of Congo | The National Human Rights Commission | A |
Egypt | National Council for Human Rights | A |
Ethiopia | Ethiopian Human Rights Commission | A |
Gambia | National Human Rights Commission of the Gambia | A |
Ghana | Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice | A |
Kenya | National Commission on Human Rights | A |
Liberia | Independent National Commission on Human Rights | A |
Libya | National Council for Civil Liberties and Human Rights | B |
Madagascar | Commission Nationale Indépendante des Droits de l’Homme | A |
Malawi | Malawi Human Rights Commission | A |
Mali | Commission Nationale des Droits de l’Homme | A |
Mauritania | Commission Nationale des Droits de l’Homme | A |
Mauritius | Commission Nationale des Droits de l’Homme | A |
Morocco | Conseil National des Droits de l’Homme | A |
Namibia | Office of the Ombudsman | A |
Niger | Commission Nationale des Droits Humains | A |
Nigeria | National Human Rights Commission | A |
Rwanda | National Commission for Human Rights | A |
Senegal | Comité Sénégalais de Droits de l’Homme | B |
Sierra Leone | Human Rights Commission | A |
South Africa | Human Rights Commission | A |
Tanzania | Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance | A |
Togo | Commission Nationale des Droits de l’Homme | A |
Tunisia | Comité Supérieur des Drots de l’Homme et de libertés Fondamentales | B |
Uganda | Human Rights Commission | A |
Zambia | Human Rights Commission | A |
Zimbabwe | Human Rights Commission | A |
Americas | | |
Argentina | Defensoria del Peublo | A |
Bolivia | Defensoria del Pueblo | A |
Canada | Canadian Human Rights Commission | A |
Chile | Instituto Nacional de Derechos Humanos | A |
Colombia | Defensoria del Pueblo | A |
Costa Rica | Defensoria de Los Habitantes | A |
Ecuador | Defensor del Pueblo | A |
El Salvador | Procuraduria para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos | A |
Guatemala | Procuraduria para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos | A |
Haiti | Office for the Protection of Citizens | A |
Honduras | Comisionado Nacional de los Derechos Humanos | A |
Mexico | Comision Nacional de los Derechos Humanos | A |
Nicaragua | Procuraduria para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos | B |
Panama | Defensoria del Pueblo | B |
Paraguay | Defensoria del Pueblo | Suspension Note: The GANHRI Bureau decided to suspend the accreditation status of the Commission which resigned from the GANHRI on 10 July 2014 |
Peru | Defensoria del Pueblo | A |
Uruguay | Institucion Nacional de Derechos Humanos y Defensoria del Pueblo | A |
Venezuela | Defensoria del Pueblo | B |
Europe | | |
Albania | People’s Advocate | A |
Armenia | Human Rights Defender | A |
Austria | The Austrian Ombudsman Board | A |
Azerbaijan | Human Rights Commissioner (Ombudsman) | B |
Belgium | Federal Institute for the protection and promotion of Human Rights | B |
Belgium | The Interfederal Centre for Equal Opportunity and Fight against Racism and Discrimination
| B |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Institute of Human Rights Ombudsman | A |
Bulgaria | Commission for Protection against Discrimination | B |
Bulgaria | The Ombudsman | A |
Croatia | Ombudsman | A |
Cyprus | Commissioner for Administration and Human | A |
Denmark | Danish Institute for Human Rights | A |
Estonia | Chancellor of Justice of Estonia | A |
Finland | Finnish National Human Rights Institution | A |
France | Commission Nationale Consultative des Droits de l’Homme | A |
Georgia | Public Defender’s Office | A |
Germany | German Institute for Human Rights | A |
Greece | National Commission for Human Rights | A |
Hungary | Commissioner for Fundamental Rights | B |
Ireland | Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission | A |
Latvia | Ombudsman’s Office of the Republic of Latvia | A |
Lithuania | The Seimas Ombudsmen’s Office of the Republic of Lithuania | A |
Luxembourg | Commission Consultative des Droits de l’Homme du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg | A |
Macedonia | Ombudsman Institution of the Republic of North Macedonia | B |
Moldova | People’s Advocate of the Republic of Moldova | A |
Montenegro | Protector of Human Rights and Freedoms of Montenegro | B |
The Netherlands | Netherlands Institute for Human Rights | A |
Turkey | The Human Rights and Equality Institution of Türkiye | B |
Norway | Norwegian National Human Rights Institution | A |
Poland | Commissioner for Human Rights | A |
Portugal | Provedor de Justicia | A |
Russian Federation | High Commissioner for Human Rights of the Russian Federation | A Suspension Note: The GANHRI Bureau decided to suspend the accreditation status. The SCA decided to initiate a special review of the Commissioner for Human Rights in its second session of 2023. |
Serbia | Protector of Citizens | A |
Slovakia | Slovak National Centre for Human Rights | B |
Slovenia | Human Rights Ombudsman | A |
Spain | Defensor del Pueblo | A |
Sweden | The Equality Ombudsman | B |
Ukraine | Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights | A |
Great Britain | Equality and Human Rights Commission | A |
Northern Ireland | Human Rights Commission | A |
Scotland | Scottish Human Rights Commission | A |