A/HRC/13/44 Contents Paragraphs Page I. Introduction............................................................................................................. 1 3 II. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and national human rights institutions .................................................................... 2–73 3 A. Advisory services provided by the Office ...................................................... 7–44 4 B. Support of the Office for regional initiatives.................................................. 45–64 8 C. Support of the Office for international initiatives........................................... 65–73 11 Cooperation between United Nations human rights mechanisms and national human rights institutions .................................................................... 74–85 13 A. Human Rights Council ................................................................................... 74–77 13 B. Treaty bodies .................................................................................................. 78-80 13 C. Special procedures.......................................................................................... 81–83 14 D. Durban Review Conference............................................................................ 84–85 14 Cooperation among the Office of the High Commissioner, United Nations agencies and programmes, and international and regional organizations on national human rights institutions ........................................................................... 86–97 14 V. Round tables on thematic issues ............................................................................. 98–107 17 VI. Conclusions............................................................................................................. 108–115 18 Seventh Conference of African National Human Rights Institutions, Rabat, 3–5 November 2009 – Rabat Declaration ........................................................................................ 20 Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions, 3 to 6 August 2009, Amman, Jordan – APF Conference concluding statement .......................................................................................................................................... 23 Draft notes on the Fifth Conference of the Arab National Human Rights Institutions on “Elections in the Arab World and their Impact on Human Rights”, Amman, Jordan, 8–9 March 2009.................................................................................................... 26 Survey on national human rights institution .................................................................................... 30 III. IV. Annexes I. II. III. IV. 2 GE.10-10269