COMMISSION'S FUNCTIONS

  • Establish new mechanisms

    establish mechanisms for referrals and collaboration with other institutions dealing with human rights issues to ensure complementarity and efficiency in dealing with human rights issues

  • Prepare and Publish

    prepare and publish independent reports relating to human right

  • Advise

    advise on the adequacy and effectiveness of the law and practice relating to the protection of human rights and freedoms in the Republic

  • Collaborate with higher education authority

    collaborate with the Higher Education Authority and other institutions in formulating programmes for education, training and research in human rights

  • Give recommendations

    recommend to an appropriate Ministry the ratification or accession of an international human rights instrument by the Republic

  • Monitoring

    monitor the Government’s compliance with international treaty and convention obligations on human rights.

  • Collaborations

    collaborate with other institutions and authorities that promote the protection of human rights and freedoms in the formulation of policies and practices relating to the handling of human rights complaints;

  • Investigate

    investigate an alleged violation or abuse of human rights.

  • Research

    research on the observance of rights and freedoms in the Republic and publish the results of the research undertaken

  • Cooperation

    cooperate with other institutions and organisations which promote the protection of human rights and freedoms at national, regional and international levels

  • Report

    report to the public on the observance of rights and freedoms in the Republic

  • Visitations

    visit prisons, correctional centres, child reformatory centres, and other places of detention or related facilities to assess and inspect conditions of a person held in the prison, correctional centre, child reformatory centre, and other place of detention or related facility, and make recommendations that the Commission considers appropriate to redress existing problems