Indicator 16.a.1 - Existence of national human rights institutions in compliance with the Paris Principles
2018: 39% OF COUNTRIES HAVE INTERNATIONALLY COMPLIANT NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS (NHRI) WHILE 60% HAVE SOUGHT TO ESTABLISH ONE A country with a category "A" NHRI complies with universal standards adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1993 (the "Paris Principles"), and guarantees its NHRI: A broad human rights monitoring mandate Adequate powers of investigation Autonomy from government A pluralist composition Sufficient resources to support operations
countries have countries have an applied for review NHRI accredited 118 of compliance with under category the Paris Principles 77 "A"
Global disparity: some regions are at risk of being left behind Proportion of Countries with Category A NHRI, by Region, as of 2018
100% 52% 41% 40% 39% 35% 29% 29% 8%
AUSTRALIA NORTHERN LATIN SUB-SAHARAN WORLD EASTERN WESTERN CENTRAL OCEANIA AND NEW AMERICA AMERICA AFRICA AND ASIA AND AND ZEALAND AND AND THE SOUTH- NORTHERN SOUTHERN EUROPE CARIBBEAN EASTERN AFRICA ASIA ASIA Slow progress: At the current annual average rate of progress, only 54% of countries will have a category "A" NHRI by 2030 At this pace, the 100% target would only be achieved after 2060.
Accelerating the Pace of Progress
Target: All Countries with Internationally Compliant NHRI by 2030
250
197 200 187 177 167 157 147 150 137 127 117 107 103 106 97 96 99 101 89 92 94 100 87 84 87 77 80 82 70 72 75
50 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
Progress needed to achieve the target Current progress
How Do We Meet the 2030 Target? + 10 NHRIs must achieve category "A" across the globe every year until 2030
category "A" NHRIs every year in category "A" NHRI every year in + 2 these regions: Latin America, Sub- + 1 these regions: Oceania, Central and Saharan Africa, Northern America Southern Asia, Eastern and South- and Europe, through 2030 eastern Asia and Western Asia and Northern Africa, through 2030 Concerted Multi-Stakeholder Efforts are Needed
Enhancing capacities of Joint advocacy Stronger legal Strategic States, NHRIs and Civil efforts frameworks partnerships Society
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