National Human Rights Institutions in the Asia-Pacific Region (The Raoul Wallenberg Institute Human Rights Library)

TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 8
PREFACE......Page 12
GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS......Page 14
1.1. THE EVOLVING INTERNATIONAL ORDER......Page 16
1.2. THE UNITED NATIONS AND NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION: AN OVERVIEW......Page 19
1.2.1. The United Nations......Page 20
1.3. THE 1993 WORLD CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS......Page 26
1.4. THE PROCESS OF ESTABLISHMENT......Page 28
2.1. MANDATES......Page 32
2.1.1. The Importance of International Instruments......Page 34
2.2. POWERS AND FUNCTIONS......Page 37
NOTE TO THE FOLLOWING TABLES......Page 42
3.1. INDEPENDENCE......Page 58
3.2. ACCESSIBILITY......Page 59
3.3. ADEQUATE RESOURCES......Page 62
3.4. THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE INSTITUTION......Page 64
3.5. COOPERATION WITH NON GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS (NGOS)......Page 75
4.1. RELATIONS WITH THE EXECUTIVE......Page 78
4.2. RELATIONS WITH THE PARLIAMENT......Page 80
4.3. RELATIONS WITH THE JUDICIARY......Page 83
4.4. RELATIONS WITH OTHER INSTITUTIONS......Page 101
5.1. THE INTERNATIONAL TREATY BODIES......Page 104
5.2. SPECIAL PROCEDURES......Page 106
5.3. THE UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS (CHR)......Page 107
6.1. BACKGROUND......Page 110
6.2. THE ASIA-PACIFIC FORUM OF NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS......Page 113
7.1. ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS......Page 118
7.2. NHRIS IN CONFLICT SITUATIONS......Page 123
7.3. NATIONAL INQUIRIES......Page 127
7.4. NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION PLANS......Page 131
CHAPTER 8: CONCLUSION......Page 134
APPENDIX I PRINCIPLES RELATING TO THE STATUS AND FUNCTIONING OF NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (THE PARIS PRINCIPLES)......Page 138
APPENDIX II AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EFFECTIVE PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS......Page 142
APPENDIX III CESCR GENERAL COMMENT NO. 10: THE ROLE OF NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS IN THE PROTECTION OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS. (14/12/98.E/C.12/1998/25)......Page 168
APPENDIX IV CERD GENERAL RECOMMENDATION NO. XVII: ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO FACILITATE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONVENTION. (25/03/93. GEN. REC. NO. 17.)......Page 170
APPENDIX V CRC GENERAL COMMENT NO. 2: THE ROLE OF INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS IN THE PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD. (15/11/2002.CRC/GC/2002/2.)......Page 172
APPENDIX VI THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND TARGETS......Page 182
APPENDIX VII THE MAASTRICHT GUIDELINES ON VIOLATIONS OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS......Page 184
APPENDIX VIII THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE (CAT) – PART 4......Page 192
APPENDIX IX SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS OF THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS......Page 196
APPENDIX X THE HOMELESS CHILDREN INQUIRY......Page 200
APPENDIX XI THE RACIAL VIOLENCE INQUIRY......Page 202
APPENDIX XII SUMMARY OF THE NATIONAL INQUIRY ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND MENTAL ILLNESS......Page 204
AUSTRALIA......Page 210
FIJI......Page 304
INDIA......Page 328
INDONESIA......Page 346
REPUBLIC OF KOREA......Page 374
MALAYSIA......Page 394
MONGOLIA......Page 404
KINGDOM OF NEPAL......Page 416
NEW ZEALAND......Page 428
PHILIPPINES......Page 538
SRI LANKA......Page 544
THAILAND......Page 558