The activities of the Human Rights Defender for 2018 and several of its preceding years had been reviewed in terms of its compliance with the Paris Principles, which define standards for national human rights institutions.
As a result of this review, the Armenian Institution of the Human Rights Defender has been recommended to be re-accredited with the highest “A” status.
This high status recommended by the Sub-Committee on Accreditation of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions, which operates with the assistance of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights as its Secretariat, confirms the full independence, credibility and effective operation of the Armenian Human Rights Defender.
The A-status grants the NHRI the right to participate in the work and decision making of international institutions, including the UN Human Rights Council, to take the floor under any agenda item during the sessions, etc.
The Armenian Human Rights Defender has been granted an “A” status since 2006, which is reviewed on a periodic basis of 5 years.