Our members

As of June 2026, GANHRI is comprised of 119 members: 91 ‘A’ status NHRIs and 28 ‘B’ status NHRIs

In accordance with the UN Paris Principles and the GANHRI Statute, the following classifications for accreditation are used by GANHRI:

A. Fully compliant with the Paris Principles;

B. Partially compliant with the Paris Principles.

The number of GANHRI members has increased consistently since our establishment in 1993.

Status Accreditation Chart as of 4 June 2026

Africa

Algeria, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Republic of Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Americas

Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela

Asia-Pacific

Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, New Zealand, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor Leste, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

Europe

Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Türkiye, Ukraine

Choose a region to see member NHRIs and their accreditation status

ALGERIA: National Human Rights Council of Algeria / Conseil National des Droits de l’Homme [B] | website
BENIN: Commission béninoise des droits de l’Homme [A] | website
BURUNDI: Commission nationale indépendante des droits de l’Homme [A] | website
CAMEROON: National Commission on Human Rights and Freedoms [A] | website
CHAD: Commission nationale des droits de l’Homme [B] | website
REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Commission nationale des droits de l’Homme [B]
CÔTE D’IVOIRE: Conseil national des droits de l’Homme [A] | website
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: National Human Rights Commission [A] | website
EGYPT: National Council for Human Rights [A] | website
ETHIOPIA: Ethiopian Human Rights Commission [A] | website
THE GAMBIA: National Human Rights Commission of The Gambia [A] | website
GHANA: Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice [A] | website
KENYA: National Commission on Human Rights [A] | website
LIBERIA: Independent National Commission on Human Rights [A] | website
LIBYA: National Council for Civil Liberties and Human Rights [B]
MADAGASCAR: Commission nationale indépendante des droits de l’Homme [A] | website
MALAWI: Malawi Human Rights Commission [A] | website
MALI: Commission nationale des droits de l’Homme [A] | website
MAURITANIA: Commission nationale des droits de l’Homme [A] | website
MAURITIUS: Commission nationale des droits de l’Homme [A] | website
MOROCCO: Conseil national des droits de l’Homme [A] | website
NAMIBIA: Office of the Ombudsman [A] | website
NIGERIA: National Human Rights Commission [A] | website
RWANDA: National Commission for Human Rights [A] | website
SENEGAL: Comité sénégalais des droits de l’Homme [B] | website
SIERRA LEONE: Human Rights Commission [A]
SOUTH AFRICA: Human Rights commission [A] | website
TANZANIA: Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance [A] | website
TOGO: Commission nationale des droits de l’Homme [A] | website
TUNISIA: Comité supérieur des droits de l’Homme et des libertés fondamentales [B] | website
UGANDA: Human Rights Commission [A] | website
ZAMBIA: Human Rights Commission [A] | website
ZIMBABWE: Human Rights Commission [A] | website

ARGENTINA: Defensoría del Pueblo [A] | website
BOLIVIA: Defensoría del Pueblo [A] | website
CANADA: Canadian Human Rights Commission [A] | website
CHILE: Instituto nacional de derechos humanos [A] | website
COLOMBIA: Defensoría del Pueblo [A] | website
COSTA RICA: Defensoría del Pueblo [A] | website
ECUADOR: Defensoría del Pueblo [A]
EL SALVADOR: Procuraduría para la defensa de los derechos humanos [A] | website
GUATEMALA: Procuraduría de los derechos humanos [A] | website
HAITI: Office for the Protection of Citizens [A] | website
HONDURAS: Comisionado nacional de los derechos humanos [A] | website
MEXICO: Comision nacional de los derechos humanos [A] | website
NICARAGUA: Procuraduría para la defensa de los derechos humanos [B] | website
PANAMA: Defensoría del Pueblo [A] | website
PARAGUAY: Defensoría del Pueblo [A] | website
PERU: Defensoría del Pueblo [A] | website
URUGUAY: Institución nacional de derechos humanos y defensoría del pueblo [A] | website
VENEZUELA: Defensoría del Pueblo [B] | website

AUSTRALIA: Australian Human Rights Commission [A] | website
BAHRAIN: National Insitution for Human Rights [B] | website
BANGLADESH: National Human Rights Commission [B] | website
FIJI: Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission [B] | website
INDIA: National Human Rights Commission [A] | website
INDONESIA: National Commission on Human Rights [A] | website
IRAQ: High Commission for Human Rights [B] | website
JORDAN: National Centre for Human Rights [A] | website
KAZAKHSTAN: Commissioner for Human Rights [B] | website
KYRGYZSTAN: The Ombudsman [B] | website
MALAYSIA: Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM) [A] | website
MALDIVES: Human Rights Commission [B] | website
MONGOLIA: National Human Rights Commission [A] | website
NEPAL: National Human Rights Commission [A] | website
NEW ZEALAND: Human Rights Commission [A] | website
OMAN: National Human Rights Commission [B] | website
PAKISTAN: National Commission for Human Rights [A] | website
PALESTINE: Independent Commission for Human Rights [A] | website
THE PHILIPPINES: Commission on Human Rights [A] | website
QATAR: National Human Rights Committee [A] | website
REPUBLIC OF KOREA: National Human Rights Commission of Korea [A] | website
SAMOA: Office of the Ombudsman [A] | website
SRI LANKA: Human Rights Commission [A] | website
TAJIKISTAN: The Human Rights Ombudsman [B]
THAILAND: National Human Rights Commission [A] | website
TIMOR LESTE: Provedoria dos Direitos Humanos e Justiça [A] | website
TURKMENISTAN: Office of the Authorized Representative for Human Rights (the Ombudsman) [B]
UZBEKISTAN: Authorized Person of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan [B] | website

ALBANIA: People’s Advocate [A] | website
ARMENIA: Human Rights Defender [A] | website
AUSTRIA: The Austrian Ombudsman Board [A] | website
AZERBAIJAN: Human Rights Commissioner (Ombudsman) [B] | website
BELGIUM: The Federal Institute for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights [B] | website
BELGIUM: The Interfederal Centre for Equal Opportunity and Fight Against Racism and Discrimination (UNIA) [B] | website
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Institute of Human Rights Ombudsman [A] | website
BULGARIA: Commission for Protection Against Discrimination [B] | website
BULGARIA: The Ombudsman of the Republic of Bulgaria [A] | website
CROATIA: Republic of Croatia Ombudsman [A] | website
CYPRUS: Commissioner for Administration and Human [A] | website
DENMARK: Danish Institute for Human Rights [A] | website
ESTONIA: Chancellor of Justice [A] | website
FINLAND: Finnish National Human Rights Institutions [A] | website
FRANCE: Commission nationale consultative des droits de l’Homme [A] | website
GEORGIA: Public Defender’s Office [A] | website
GERMANY: German Institute for Human Rights [A] | website
GREAT BRITAIN: Equality and Human Rights Commission [A] | website
GREECE: National Commission for Human Rights [A] | website
HUNGARY: Commissioner for Fundamental Rights [B] | website
IRELAND: Irish human Rights and Equality Commission [A] | website
LATVIA: Ombudsman’s Office of the Republic of Latvia [A] | website
LITHUANIA: Seimas Ombudsmen’s Office [A] | website
LUXEMBOURG: Commission consultative des droits de l’Homme [A] | website
MOLDOVA: Office of the People’s Advocate of Moldova [A] | website
MONTENEGRO: Protector of Human Rights and Freedoms of Montenegro [B] | website
THE NETHERLANDS: Netherlands Institute for Human Rights [A] | website
NORTH MACEDONIA: The Ombudsman [B] | website
NORTHERN IRELAND: Human Rights Commission [A] | website
NORWAY: Norwegian National Human Rights Institution [A] | website
POLAND: Commissioner for Human Rights [A] | website
PORTUGAL: Provedor de Justiça [A] | website
SCOTLAND: Scottish Human Rights Commission [A] | website
SERBIA: Protector of Citizens [A] | website
SLOVAKIA: Slovak National Centre for Human Rights [B] | website
SLOVENIA: Human Rights Ombudsman [A] | website
SPAIN: Defensor del Pueblo [A] | website
SWEDEN: The Swedish Institute for Human Rights [A] | website
TÜRKIYE: The Human Rights and Equality Institution of Türkiye [B] | website
UKRAINE: Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights [A] | website

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