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The Network of African National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI) General Assembly re-elected the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) representative of NANHRI at the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) Bureau and member of the Working Group on Businesses and Human Rights (BHR) on 17 and 18 October 2023 in Accra, Ghana.
To be noted that the CNDH holds, currently, the position of the GANHRI Secretary and Vice-President.
The CNDH was also re-elected as a member of the Steering Committee representing the northern sub-region and President of the Working Group on Migration and member of the Working Group on the Rights of the Child.
CNDH Chairperson, Mrs. Amina Bouayach, in her capacity as President of the Working Group on Migration, presented the progress report in which she notably highlighted the actions conducted to promote the rights of migrants. She also shed light on the preparations for the participation of NHRIs in the Refugee Forum scheduled from 13 to 15 December 2023 in Geneva.
At this event, Mr. Elasto Hilarious Mugwadi, NANHRI outgoing president and Chair of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission, handed over the presidency of NANHRI to Mr. Joseph Whittal, President of the Ghana Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice.
The presidency of the NANHRI alternates between NHRIs accredited with A Status according to African regions.