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As of April 2025, GANHRI is comprised of 118 members: 91 ‘A’ status NHRIs and 27 ‘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.

Africa

Algeria, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, Niger (suspended in October 2023), 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

Afghanistan (suspended in July 2022), 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, Northern Ireland, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Türkiye, Ukraine 

Status Accreditation Chart as of 23 April 2025
CountryNational Human Rights Institution Accreditation
Asia and the Pacific
Afghanistan Independent Human Rights CommissionSuspension Note:
The GANHRI Bureau decided to suspend the accreditation status in July 2022 due to dissolution of the Commission
AustraliaAustralian Human Rights Commission A
BahrainNational Institution for Human Rights B
BangladeshNational Human Rights Commission B
FijiHuman Rights and Anti-Discrimination
Commission 		B
IndiaNational Human Rights Commission of India A
IndonesiaNational Commission on Human Rights A
IraqHigh Commission for Human Rights A
JordanNational Centre for Human Rights A
MalaysiaHuman Rights Commission of Malaysia A
MaldivesHuman Rights Commission B
MongoliaNational Human Rights Commission of Mongolia A
NepalNational Human Rights Commission of Nepal A
New ZealandHuman Rights Commission A
OmanNational Human Rights Commission B
PakistanNational Commission for Human Rights A
The PhilippinesCommission on Human Rights A
QatarNational Human Rights Committee A
Republic of KoreaNational Human Rights Commission of Korea A
SamoaOffice of the Ombudsman A
Sri LankaHuman Rights Commission of Sri Lanka A
State of PalestineIndependent Commission for Human Rights A
ThailandNational Human Rights Commission of Thailand A
Timor-LesteProvedoria for Human Rights and Justice A
TurkmenistanOffice of the Authorized Representative for Human Rights (the Ombudsman)B
UzbekistanAuthorized Person of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan B
Central Asia
KazakhstanThe Commissioner for Human Rights B
KyrgyzstanThe Ombudsman B
TajikistanThe Human Rights Ombudsman B
Africa
AlgeriaThe National Human Rights Council of Algeria B
BeninCommission Béninoise des Droits de l’Homme A
BurundiCommission Nationale Indépendante des Droits de l’Homme A
CameroonNational Commission on Human Rights and Freedoms A
CongoCommission Nationale des Droits de l’Homme B
Côte d’IvoireConseil National des Droits de l’Homme A
Democratic Republic of CongoThe National Human Rights Commission A
EgyptNational Council for Human Rights A
EthiopiaEthiopian Human Rights Commission A
GambiaNational Human Rights Commission of the Gambia A
GhanaCommission on Human Rights and Administrative JusticeA
KenyaNational Commission on Human Rights A
LiberiaIndependent National Commission on Human Rights A
LibyaNational Council for Civil Liberties and Human Rights B
MadagascarCommission Nationale Indépendante des Droits de l’Homme A
MalawiMalawi Human Rights Commission A
MaliCommission Nationale des Droits de l’Homme A
MauritaniaCommission Nationale des Droits de l’Homme A
MauritiusCommission Nationale des Droits de l’Homme A
MoroccoConseil National des Droits de l’Homme A
NamibiaOffice of the Ombudsman A
NigerCommission Nationale des Droits HumainsSuspended in October 2023
NigeriaNational Human Rights Commission A
RwandaNational Commission for Human Rights A
SenegalComité sénégalais des droits de l’Homme B
Sierra LeoneHuman Rights Commission A
South AfricaHuman Rights Commission A
TanzaniaCommission for Human Rights and Good Governance A
TogoCommission Nationale des Droits de l’Homme A
TunisiaComité supérieur des droits de l’Homme et des libertés fondamentales B
UgandaHuman Rights Commission A
ZambiaHuman Rights Commission A
ZimbabweHuman Rights Commission A
Americas
ArgentinaDefensoría del Pueblo A
BoliviaDefensoría del Pueblo A
CanadaCanadian Human Rights Commission A
ChileInstituto Nacional de Derechos Humanos A
ColombiaDefensoría del Pueblo A
Costa RicaDefensoría de los Habitantes A
EcuadorDefensor del Pueblo A
El SalvadorProcuraduría para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos A
GuatemalaProcuraduría de los Derechos Humanos A
HaitiOffice for the Protection of Citizens A
HondurasComisionado Nacional de los Derechos Humanos A
MexicoComisíon Nacional de los Derechos Humanos A
NicaraguaProcuraduría para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos B
PanamaDefensoría del Pueblo B
ParaguayDefensoría del Pueblo A
PeruDefensoría del Pueblo A
UruguayInstitución Nacional de Derechos Humanos y Defensoría del Pueblo A
VenezuelaDefensoría del Pueblo B
Europe
AlbaniaPeople’s Advocate A
ArmeniaHuman Rights Defender A
AustriaThe Austrian Ombudsman Board A
AzerbaijanHuman Rights Commissioner (Ombudsman) B
BelgiumFederal 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 HerzegovinaInstitute of Human Rights Ombudsman A
BulgariaCommission for Protection against Discrimination B
BulgariaThe Ombudsman of the Republic of Bulgaria A
CroatiaRepublic of Croatia Ombudsman A
CyprusCommissioner for Administration and Human A
DenmarkDanish Institute for Human Rights A
EstoniaChancellor of Justice of Estonia A
FinlandFinnish National Human Rights Institution A
FranceCommission nationale consultative des droits de l’Homme A
Georgia Public Defender’s Office A
GermanyGerman Institute for Human Rights A
GreeceNational Commission for Human Rights A
HungaryCommissioner for Fundamental Rights B
IrelandIrish Human Rights and Equality Commission A
LatviaOmbudsman’s Office of the Republic of Latvia A
LithuaniaSeimas Ombudsmen’s Office A
LuxembourgCommission consultative des Droits de l’Homme A
MoldovaOffice of the People’s Advocate of Moldova A
MontenegroProtector of Human Rights and Freedoms of Montenegro B
The NetherlandsNetherlands Institute for Human Rights A
North MacedoniaThe Ombudsman B
NorwayNorwegian National Human Rights Institution A
PolandCommissioner for Human Rights A
PortugalProvedor de Justiça A
SerbiaProtector of Citizens A
SlovakiaSlovak National Centre for Human Rights B
SloveniaHuman Rights Ombudsman A
SpainDefensor del Pueblo A
SwedenThe Swedish Institute for Human RightsA
TürkiyeThe Human Rights and Equality Institution of Türkiye B
UkraineUkrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights A
Great BritainEquality and Human Rights Commission A
Northern IrelandHuman Rights Commission A
ScotlandScottish Human Rights Commission A

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