A/HRC/39/21 Contents Page I. Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 3 II. Accreditation during the period under review ............................................................................... 3 A. Session of November 2016 ................................................................................................... 4 B. Session of March 2017 ......................................................................................................... 4 C. Session of November 2017 ................................................................................................... 5 D. Session of May 2018 ............................................................................................................ 5 Amendments to the accreditation process ..................................................................................... 6 III. A. IV. V. Amendments to the Statute of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions ................................................................................. 6 B. Amendments to the rules of procedure of the Subcommittee on Accreditation.................... 6 C. Amendments to the general observations of the Subcommittee on Accreditation ................ 7 Participatory rights of institutions with A status in United Nations mechanisms and processes ................................................................................................................................. 8 Conclusions and recommendations ............................................................................................... 8 Status of national institutions accredited by the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions .............................................................................................. 10 Annex 2