A/HRC/10/54 page 15 the Durban Review Process, and a working group on human rights and business. The meeting also discussed the participation of institutions in the Commission on the Status of Women and the Committee’s engagement in the indigenous rights mechanisms, and agreed to discuss further the issues at the next Committee meeting in March 2009. 60. Many national human rights institutions showed strong interest in and support for their participation in the Durban Review Conference, emphasizing their potential in building credibility for the Conference as well as implementing its outcome at the country level. The working group on the Durban Review Conference is composed of two institutions from each region (Costa Rica, Denmark, Germany, Indonesia, Mexico, the Republic of Korea, Rwanda and South Africa) and led by co-chairs (the Republic of Korea and South Africa). The working group will make a contribution to the outcome paper of the Durban Review Conference. 61. The working group on human rights and business will be composed of institution representatives from all regions with expertise on the theme. The working group’s mandate will be to support institutions in strategic planning, capacity-building, pooling of resources and agenda-setting. A suggestion was made to the Committee Chairperson that human rights and business should be the theme of the tenth International Conference in 2010. 62. The Chairpersons of the four regional networks reported on their activities within the framework of the “UDHR 60” campaign, in which the High Commissioner for Human Rights invited national human rights institutions to take the lead. They expressed their gratitude to OHCHR for the financial and technical support provided in the context of the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration. Ninth International Conference of National Human Rights Institutions 63. The ninth International Conference for National Human Rights Institutions was held in Nairobi from 21 to 24 October 2008. The Conference was hosted, organized and supported by OHCHR, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights and the International Coordinating Committee. The event also benefited from the support of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, the Swedish International Development Corporation Agency and UNDP. Participants included over 120 representatives of national human rights institutions from all over the world, as well as regional coordinating bodies, non-governmental organizations, and international human rights experts. Several events were also organized in parallel to the Conference (see paragraphs 81-85 below). 64. The theme of the Conference was “National human rights institutions and the administration of justice”. Participants discussed good practices of institutions’ work in strengthening the rule of law. Discussions developed around the following issues in different panels: (a) the relationship between institutions and the judiciary and the role that they play in the administration of justice; (b) institutions’ support for critical components of national human rights protection systems; (c) institutions and the fight against impunity; (d) institutions and the right to restitution, compensation and rehabilitation for victims of gross human rights violations and fundamental freedoms in post-conflict situations; (e) institutions and capacity-building with regard to the administration of justice, in particular through reform of the judiciary, the security sector and the penal system, juvenile justice reform, or the fight against corruption.

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