A/HRC/33/34
(e)
If at least four members, from two or more regional groups, do not raise any
objection to the recommendation within 20 days of its receipt, it will be deemed approved
by the Bureau;
(f)
The accreditation decision of the Bureau is final.
14.
Until the accreditation process described above is completed and decisions are final,
the recommendations of the Subcommittee on Accreditation remain confidential, and are
shared only with the national human rights institution concerned.
15.
In addition to members of the Subcommittee on Accreditation and representatives of
OHCHR, the following may attend meetings of the Subcommittee as observers:
representatives from the secretariats of the Network of African National Human Rights
Institutions, the Asia-Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions, the European
Network of National Human Rights Institutions and the Network of National Institutions
for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in the Americas, and the representative
of the Global Alliance. All those attending the meetings of the Subcommittee on
Accreditation are bound by a confidentiality clause, until the accreditation decisions are
final and the Subcommittee reports are made public and posted on the website of the Global
Alliance.
16.
The Subcommittee on Accreditation has acknowledged the dedication and
professionalism demonstrated by OHCHR in assuming the secretariat function and
successfully servicing two sessions per year.
III. Accreditation during the period under review
A.
Second session in 2014
17.
The second session in 2014 of the Subcommittee on Accreditation was held from 27
to 31 October. During that session, the Subcommittee received, under article 10 of the
Statute, applications for accreditation from the Finnish National Human Rights Institution,
the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights, of Hungary, and the National Council for Civil
Liberties and Human Rights, of Libya, which was established in 2011 by the National
Transitional Council of Libya. In accordance with article 15 of the Statute, the
Subcommittee on Accreditation also reviewed the continued full compliance with the Paris
Principles of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, the People’s
Advocate, of Albania, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, the Malawi
Human Rights Commission, the National Human Rights Commission, of Mauritius, the
National Human Rights Commission of Mongolia, the Defensoría del Pueblo of Paraguay,
the National Human Rights Commission of Korea, the Office of the Commissioner for
Human Rights in the Russian Federation, the National Human Rights Commission, of
Thailand, and the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights. Under
article 16.2 of the Statute, the National Human Rights Commission, of Nepal, and the
Defensoría del Pueblo, of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, were reviewed. The
outcome of the session is reflected in the annexed chart.
B.
First session in 2015
18.
The first session in 2015 was held from 16 to 20 March. During that session, the
High Commission for Human Rights, of Iraq, the Ombudsman of the Republic of Latvia,
and the National Human Rights Institution and Ombudsman of Uruguay were reviewed for
accreditation, in accordance with article 10 of the Statute. The “A” status institutions of
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