CERD concluding observations 2024, paragraph 16

The Committee recommends that the State party adopt the measures necessary to ensure that its national human rights institutions fully comply with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (the Paris Principles), in particular by implementing the recommendations of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions, and are able to carry out their mandates effectively and independently. It also recommends that the State party strengthen the functions and powers of these institutions, including through legislative or other measures, to promote and protect human rights. It also recommends that the State party ensure the allocation of adequate human, financial and technical resources to these institutions to enable them to perform their mandates effectively. The Committee further recommends that the State party adopt all measures necessary to safeguard the independence and credibility of the Equality and Human Rights Commission.