A/HRC/33/34 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 27/18,1 in which the Secretary-General was requested to report to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-third session on the activities of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (the former International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights) in accrediting national institutions in accordance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (Paris Principles). 2. The present report includes activities and achievements since the issuance of the 2014 report of the Secretary-General on the accreditation of national human rights institutions (A/HRC/27/40). 3. The Statute of the Global Alliance (hereinafter the Statute) mandates the Subcommittee on Accreditation to review and analyse the applications for accreditation that have been submitted by national human rights institutions and to make recommendations to the Bureau of the Global Alliance (hereinafter the Bureau) on the compliance of institutions with the Paris Principles. In accordance with the rules of procedure of the Subcommittee on Accreditation, the classifications for accreditation are: • “A” status: Fully compliant with the Paris Principles • “B” status: Not fully compliant with the Paris Principles 4. For the purpose of ensuring a fair balance of regional representation, article 2.1 of the rules of procedure of the Subcommittee on Accreditation requires that the Subcommittee be composed of one national human rights institution accredited “A” status from each of the Global Alliance’s four regional groups, namely Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, and Europe, appointed by the regional groups for a renewable term of three years. The members of the Subcommittee designate the Chair by consensus from among themselves, for a renewable term of one year. 5. During the period under review, the members of the Subcommittee were from the national human rights institutions of Canada, France, Mauritania, the State of Palestine and Jordan. The chairmanship was assumed by the national human rights institution of Canada. The national human rights institution of the State of Palestine resigned and was replaced by the national human rights institution of Jordan for the May 2016 session. 6. Pursuant to article 6 of the Statute, which requires that the general and Bureau meetings of the Global Alliance as well as the meetings of the Subcommittee on Accreditation be held under the auspices of and in cooperation with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the latter assumes the secretariat functions. In addition to the analysis and preparation of accreditation files, this entails the presence of OHCHR in all meetings of the Subcommittee on Accreditation, including during the deliberations and the adoption of reports. 1 See para. 29. 3