The Protection Role of National Human Rights Institutions

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Introduction B.G. Ramcharan I. The Protection Role of the Australian Human Rights Commission The Hon. John von Doussa, Q.C. II. The Protection Role of the Danish Human Rights Commission Morten Kjaerum III. The Protection Role of the Fiji Human Rights Commission Dr. Shaista Shameem IV. The Protection Role of the Ghana Human Rights Commission Anna Bossman V. The Protection Role of the Indian Human Rights Commission Justice (Dr.) A.S. Annand VI. The Protection Role of the Mexican Human Rights Commission Dr. Jose Luis Soberanes Fernandez VII. The Protection Role of the Nepalese Human Rights Commission Nayan Bahadur Khatri VIII. The Protection Role of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission Prof. Brice Dickson IX. The Protection Role of the Philippines Human Rights Commission Dr. Purificacion C.V. Quisumbing X. The Protection Role of the Uganda Human Rights Commission Justice Margaret Sekaggya XI. National Institutions and the Protection of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Orest Nowosad Conclusion B.G. Ramcharan Select Bibliography Principles Relating to the Status of National Institutions (The Paris Principles) Annex I: General Comment No 10 of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR): The Role of National Human Rights Institutions in the Protection of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Annex II: Report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to the 56th Session of the Commission on Human Rights (2000).