Paris Principles

E470609

United Nations standard international human rights standard soft law instrument

The Paris Principles are internationally recognized standards adopted by the UN that define the status, independence, powers, and functioning of national human rights institutions.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Paris Principles on national human rights institutions	1
Paris Principles relating to the status of national institutions	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations standard ⓘ international human rights standard ⓘ soft law instrument ⓘ
adoptedBy	United Nations Commission on Human Rights NERFINISHED ⓘ United Nations General Assembly ⓘ meeting of national human rights institutions in Paris ⓘ
adoptionDate	1993-12-20 ⓘ
adoptionResolution	UN General Assembly resolution 48/134 NERFINISHED ⓘ
aimsToEnsure	independence of national human rights institutions from government ⓘ pluralism in composition of national human rights institutions ⓘ
appliesTo	national human rights institutions ⓘ
basisFor	A-status accreditation of national human rights institutions ⓘ
category	human rights ⓘ
defines	composition of national human rights institutions ⓘ functions of national human rights institutions ⓘ independence of national human rights institutions ⓘ methods of operation of national human rights institutions ⓘ powers of national human rights institutions ⓘ status of national human rights institutions ⓘ
developedAt	Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedInCountry	France NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstEndorsedBy	UN Commission on Human Rights resolution 1992/54 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasKeyPrinciple	adequate resources ⓘ broad mandate ⓘ effective powers of investigation ⓘ independence ⓘ pluralism ⓘ
hasOfficialName	Principles relating to the Status of National Institutions NERFINISHED ⓘ
influences	design of national human rights institutions worldwide ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalStatus	non-binding ⓘ
monitoredBy	Sub-Committee on Accreditation NERFINISHED ⓘ
providesFor	advisory role of national institutions to government and parliament ⓘ promotion and protection functions of national institutions ⓘ quasi-judicial competence of national institutions in some cases ⓘ
recognizedAs	global benchmark for national human rights institutions ⓘ
recognizedBy	Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	United Nations human rights system ⓘ international human rights law ⓘ
requires	adequate funding for national institutions ⓘ broad human rights mandate for national institutions ⓘ constitutional or legislative basis for national institutions ⓘ cooperation between national institutions and civil society ⓘ cooperation between national institutions and regional human rights mechanisms ⓘ cooperation between national institutions and the United Nations ⓘ
setsOut	minimum standards for national human rights institutions ⓘ
shortName	Paris Principles on National Human Rights Institutions NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	national human rights institutions ⓘ
usedBy	Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions NERFINISHED ⓘ Sub-Committee on Accreditation of GANHRI NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	accreditation of national human rights institutions ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions → usesAccreditationStandard → Paris Principles ⓘ

ICHR → compliesWith → Paris Principles ⓘ

Commissioner for Human Rights of Poland → conformsTo → Paris Principles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Paris Principles on national human rights institutions

Commission on Human Rights → compliesWith → Paris Principles ⓘ

subject surface form: Commission on Human Rights (Philippines)

this entity surface form: Paris Principles relating to the status of national institutions

Paris Principles → shortName → Paris Principles ⓘ