Upcoming sessions of the GANHRI Sub-Committee on Accreditation (SCA)

SCA First Session 2024 (25 – 28 March; 29 April – 3 May 2024)

Accreditation: Cameroon, Dominican Republic, Pakistan

Reaccreditation: Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chad, Lithuania, Oman, Paraguay, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka

Deferral: Costa Rica, India

Special Review: Burundi, Great Britain

SCA Second Session 2024 (Dates TBC)

Accreditation: Romania, Sweden, Turkmenistan

Reaccreditation: Armenia, DRC, Denmark, Georgia, Greece, Haiti, Namibia, Rwanda, Timor-Leste, Zambia

Alteration of Accreditation: Myanmar, Russian Federation

Attention NGOs/CSOs

The Sub Committee on Accreditation (SCA) welcomes reports from reliable local and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and civil society organisations (CSOs) with regard to the functioning of NHRIs under review and/or with regard to any developments, which may initiate a special review by the SCA.

Reports received from NGOs and CSOs are shared with the concerned NHRIs for their information and comments prior to the SCA session.

The deadline for submission of reports by NGOs/CSOs for the SCA first session 2024 is 1 October 2023, and the deadline for submission of reports by NGOs/CSOs for the SCA second session 2024 is 1 June 2024.

All Submissions should be sent to:

National Institutions and Regional Mechanisms Section, OHCHR, CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland, and by email vladlen.stefanov@un.org, Cynthia.radert@un.org, johnny.white@un.org, and cynthia.guerrero@un.org.