A/HRC/23/27 117. Members and staff of national human rights institutions should enjoy immunity while discharging their functions in good faith. 118. States are encouraged to provide their national human rights institutions with adequate human and financial resources, as well as the necessary autonomy to propose and manage their own budgets and recruit their own staff members. 119. Open, participatory and pluralistic processes are important when establishing or strengthening national human rights institutions in compliance with the Paris Principles, as well as during the selection and appointment of their members and staff. 120. Budget cuts have affected the capacity of OHCHR to contribute to the establishment of national human rights institutions and to ensuring their compliance with the Paris Principles, in particular, its secretarial support for the International Coordinating Committee and its Subcommittee on Accreditation. Member States are therefore urged to ensure by their financial contributions to the Office the continuation of efficient, high-quality assistance for the establishment and strengthening of national human rights institutions and the servicing of the International Coordinating Committee. B. National human rights institutions 121. The Paris Principles call on national human rights institutions to engage with international human rights system and regional mechanisms. Such institutions are encouraged to continue to engage with these bodies and to follow up on the recommendations made by them. 122. National human rights institutions are encouraged to continue to advocate for their independent participation in the meetings of United Nations human rights bodies, namely, the Commission on the Status of Women, the Conference of States Parties to Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing. 123. National human rights institutions are encouraged to continue to develop, and to advocate for the development of, protective measures and mechanisms for human rights defenders, and to disseminate information thereon. 124. National human rights institutions are encouraged to implement, in cooperation with key partners, the Amman Declaration and Programme of Action on the promotion and protection of human rights of women and girls, adopted at the International Conference of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in Jordan in November 2012. 125. National human rights institutions working in conflict situations are encouraged to be vigilant and proactive in protecting the rights of persons affected by conflict, in accordance with the Paris Principles. 18