A/HRC/27/40 National institution Status Year reviewed Costa Rica: Defensoría de los Habitantes A 1999 October 2006 October 2011 Ecuador: Defensor del Pueblo A 1999 – A(R) 2002 April 2008 – A; recommended to be accredited B; given one year to establish compliance with Paris Principles March 2009 – A El Salvador: Procuraduría para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos A April 2006 May 2011 Guatemala: Procuraduría de los Derechos Humanos A 1999 (B) 2000 – A(R) 2002 April 2008 May 2013 - A Haiti: Office for the Protection of Citizens A November 2013 Mexico: Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos A 1999 October 2006 October 2011 Nicaragua: Procuraduría para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos A April 2006 May 2011 Panama: Defensoría del Pueblo A 1999 October 2006 November 2012 Paraguay: Defensoría del Pueblo A 2003 November 2008 November 2013 – deferred to March 2014 March 2014 – deferred to October 2014 Peru: Defensoría del Pueblo A 1999 March 2007 March 2012 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of): Defensoría del Pueblo A 2002 April 2008 May 2013 March 2014 – special review in October 2014 A 2003 – A(R) 2004 November 2008 November 2013 – deferred to October 2014 Europe Albania: People’s Advocate 12