Associate Members

Associate Members are national human rights institutions which currently do not comply with the Paris Principles and are unlikely to do so within a reasonable period.

Associate member institutions must, however, possess a broad human rights mandate and only one institution will be admitted per Member State of the United Nations.

Associate members are entitled to participate in APF programs and activities, however, they are not entitled to vote on Forum Council decisions or nominate a jurist to the Advisory Council of Jurists.