from the Americas, Asia Pacific, Africa and Europe. The Coordinating Committee organises an annual meeting and a biennial conference that facilitates and supports NHRI engagement with the United Nations system. At these gatherings NHRIs are able to share their expertise on specific topics and engage with the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), which acts as a Secretariat of the Coordinating Committee. In order to facilitate NHRI dialogue with civil society the Coordinating Committee also holds an NGO forum. The Coordinating Committee may also be asked by a government to assist in making a new NHRI or to develop on pre existing ones. Its name was changed to GANHRI in 2016. Not all of the following NHRIs are accredited through GANHRI. Regional groupings International Ombudsman Institute Network of African National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI) Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (APF) European Group of National Human Rights Institutions Network of National Institutions in the Americas Sub-national human rights institutions Australia Anti-Discrimination Board of New South Wales Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission Equal Opportunity Commission (South Australia) Equal Opportunity Commission (Western Australia) Anti-Discrimination Commission Queensland Office of Anti-Discrimination Commissioner (Tasmania) Human Rights Commission (Australian Capital Territory) Northern Territory Anti-Discrimination Commission Canada Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal Ontario Human Rights Commission United Kingdom The three UK bodies (Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Scotland) are listed above as they are each recognised as NHRIs. Spain Each Spanish region has its own ombudsman. South Korea Provincial and Metropolis level Provincial Human Rights Promotion Commission (South Chungcheong Province) Provincial Human Rights Promotion Commission (Gangwon Province) Seoul Human Rights Commission Human Rights Ombudsman (Gwangju) Citizen Council for Human Rights Promotion is advisory council for the Ombudsman Ulsan Human Rights Commission Education Human Rights Commission for Students, Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education Human Rights Advocate for Students (Gyeonggi Province) Human Rights Commission for Students, Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education Human Rights Advocate for Students (Seoul) See also African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights European Court of Human Rights Greek National Commission for Human Rights Human rights Human Rights Commissions Inter-American Court of Human Rights International human rights instruments List of human rights articles by country List of human rights organisations Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action References Further reading A regularly updated bibliography of NHRI resources (webpages, publications, research) is available on