NHRIs and Public Participation

The purpose of this issue paper on National Human Rights Institutions and Public Participation is to give a description of how National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) can work to promote public participation in their work.

Public participation is not only a right in itself as recognised by international and regional conventions and charters, it is also a lever for the realisation of all other rights. The issue paper intends to provide concrete guidance on how a NHRI working in accordance with the Paris Principles can enable and support public participation.