A/HRC/4/92 page 2 3. The last report detailed steps taken toward a more active participation of NHRIs in the sessions of the Human Rights Council,1 provided an overview of the ICC accreditation process, described the composition and work of the ICC Sub-Committee on Accreditation, and discussed the proposal for a regular reassessment of NHRIs accredited as Paris Principles compliant to be considered at the next session of ICC. 4. In accordance with the recommendations of the seventeenth session of ICC in April 2006, it was agreed to commence a process of review of NHRIs accredited as being compliant with the Paris Principles. NHRIs accredited with A status, being those found by ICC to be compliant with the Paris Principles, are to have their accreditation status reviewed every five years. The process commenced in October 2006. The proposed schedule for re-accreditation adopted at the seventeenth session is attached as an annex to the present report. It was also agreed that there would be a continuous review of accreditation of NHRIs every five years from the time of that NHRI’s initial accreditation. 5. The first round of re-accreditation reviews were undertaken at the eighteenth session of ICC, held in Bolivia on 27 October 2006. NHRIs in the following countries were reaccredited as status A members of ICC: Argentina, Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, India, Mexico, New Zealand and Panama. Cameroon NHRI was granted accreditation status B. At the request of the French National Commission on Human Rights, the Sub-Committee agreed to defer consideration of this re-accreditation application to the next session, due to the fact that a bill to amend the enabling legislation of the Commission was being negotiated. 6. Also at the seventeenth session of ICC, ICC Sub-Committee on Accreditation was requested to prepare a paper to enhance the working methods and accreditation procedures of ICC. A paper was presented to the members of ICC at the eighteenth session for further consideration. Proposals for amendment will be considered at the next session of ICC in March 2007. 7. Only NHRIs accredited to ICC as being Paris Principle compliant, and ICC, have speaking rights before the Human Rights Council. A rigorous system of accreditation and a regular process of review therefore help to ensure the credibility of NHRIs speaking before the Council. 1 See also the report of the Secretary-General on enhancing the participation of human rights institutions in the work of the Commission submitted to the sixty-first session (E/CN.4/2005/107).