” The idea of establishing national human rights institutions was first conceived in the aftermath of World War II. In 1946, the Economic and Social Council considered the issue of national institutions, two years before the Universal Declaration of Human (UDHR) Rights became the “common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations”. Member states were invited to consider establishing information groups or local human rights committees”.
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Links to more information about NHRIs.

The International Coordinating Committee for National Human Rights Institutions (ICC)
ICC is the international association of national human rights institutions (NHRIs) from all parts of the globe.
Paris Principles: 20 years guiding the work of National Human Rights Institutions
Office of the Hight Commissioner of Human Rights and NHRIs
Strengthening the bond between parliaments and national human rights institutions
Handbook on National Human Rights Plan of Action

Some relevant UN resolutions

Over the past two decades, the United Nations General Assembly and other bodies have issued resolutions of relevance to NHRIs. Below they are listed and structured into three parts:

UN General Assembly Resolutions

• A/RES 48/134 endorsing the Paris Principles
• A/RES/46/124 (December 1991)
• A/RES/41/129 (December 1986)
• A/RES/50/176 (February 1996)
• A/RES/52/128 (February 1998) Look for 128 among several other resolutions from session 52.
• A/RES/63/169 (March 2009)
• A/RES/63/172 (March 2009)
• A/RES/64/161 (March 2010)
• A/RES/65/207 (March 2011)
• A/RES/66/169
• A/RES/67/163;

NHRI Database
The primary objective with the database is to make NHRI related materials (annual reports, thematic guides and studies, national inquiries, etc) available to a wider audience and to generally promote the work of NHRIs around the world.
The database is maintained and updated by Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights.

Human Rights Commission of Malaysia, SUHAKAM