A/HRC/20/10 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 10 April 2012 Original: English Human Rights Council Twentieth session Agenda items 2 and 8 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Follow-up and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action Activities of the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in accrediting national institutions in compliance with the Paris Principles Report of the Secretary-General Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 17/9 of 16 June 2011 and contains information on the activities carried out in 2011 by the Subcommittee on Accreditation of the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, in considering and reviewing applications for accreditation, re-accreditation and accreditation reviews of national human rights institutions. The report highlights improvements in the accreditation process and contains detailed information on the development of general observations by the Subcommittee on Accreditation, aimed at a more rigorous but fairer and more transparent accreditation and review process. GE.12-12887