21st APF Annual Meeting, 2016

The 21st APF Annual Meeting was held in Bangkok, Thailand, from 26-27 October 2016. It brought together all 22 APF member institutions, along with representatives from the national human rights institutions of Bahrain, Fiji, Iraq and Pakistan.

During the meeting, APF members provided a short overview of their current activities and priorities, as well as participated in an open dialogue with NGOs from the region on issues of shared concern.

Applications from the NHRIs of Bahrain and Iraq to join the APF were considered by Forum Councillors.

The two-day meeting also discussed:

• An APF report on the death penalty in the Asia Pacific that members can draw on when advocating with their governments to move towards a de facto moratorium or abolition of the death penalty
• Strategies to build on recent developments that have opened the path for the independent participation of NHRIs in the work of the UN General Assembly and other New-York based UN bodies, including the Commission on the Status of Women
• A proposal to refresh the APF's governance structure to better meet the needs of our growing membership.

Meeting papers and presentations

APF 21 Annual General Meeting Papers

List of Participants

Death Penalty: 1999-2016 (APF report)

The Work of the Bahrain National Institution for Human Rights

The Work of the Indonesian National Commission on Human Rights

The Work of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea

The Work of the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission

The Work of the New Zealand Human Rights Commission

The Work of the Palestine Independent Commission for Human Rights

The Work of the Philippines Commission on Human Rights

The Work of the National Human Rights Committee of Qatar

The Work of the Timor Leste Provedor for Human Rights and Justice

Protection of Human Rights Act 1993, India