Asia Pacific Forum

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The Asia Pacific Forum (APF) is one of four regional networks of national human rights institutions (NHRIs) within the International Co-ordinating Committee of NHRIs. The APF formerly accredited NHRIs for compliance with the United Nations' Paris Principles, but now acknowledges the accreditation decisions of an ICC sub-committee on which the APF has one of the four (regional) seats.

The APF is unique among the four regional networks in having close working relations with non-governmental organisations in its region.

The full members of the APF (as of December 2011) are the following national institutions deemed to be fully compliant with the Paris Principles, and holding A status ICC accreditation:^[1]

Afghanistan

Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission

Australia

Australian Human Rights Commission

India

National Human Rights Commission

Indonesia

National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM)

Jordan

National Centre for Human Rights

Korea, Republic of

National Human Rights Commission of Korea

Malaysia

Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM)

Mongolia

National Human Rights Commission

Nepal

National Human Rights Commission

New Zealand

Human Rights Commission

Palestine

The Independent Commission for Human Rights

Philippines

Commission on Human Rights (Philippines)

Qatar

National Committee for Human Rights

Thailand

National Human Rights Commission

Timor Leste

Office of the Provedor for Human Rights and Justice

The following B status NHRIs are eligible for full membership when they demonstrate compliance with the Paris Principles:

Bangladesh

National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh

Maldives

Human Rights Commission of the Maldives

Sri Lanka

National Human Rights Commission

The following C status NHRIs are in the APF region but are not compliant with the Principles and are thus ineligible for membership:

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Equal Opportunities Commission

Iran

Islamic Human Rights Commission

In addition:

Fiji

The Fiji Human Rights Commission was suspended from the ICC (hence the APF) in 2007 over its attitude to the previous year's military coup, and scheduled for special review of its then A-status accreditation; in April 2007 it resigned from the ICC.

• International human rights law
• International human rights instruments

• APF website