Drafts of the report were sent for comment to members and staff of many national human rights institutions, as well as experts working with them. The Council thanks the following individuals for their very helpful comments: Teresa Albero, Lydia Alpízar, Rémy Beauregard, David Fernándes Dávalos sj, Haritini Dipla, John Dwyer, Nicolas Fasel, Tatiana Fedotova, Gérard Fellous, Ian Fine, Kieren Fitzpatrick, Anne-Marie Garrido, Marianne Haugaard, AnnaKarin Heedh, Peter Hellmers, Ahmad Zia langari, Mel James, Maina Kiai, Ruby Madan, Rajeev Malhotra, Firoze Manji, Aída María Noval Rodríguez, Ciarán Ó Maoláin, Christina Papadopoulou, Sabina Puig, D. B. Seetulsingh, Frauke ­Seidensticker, Chris Sidoti, Paddy Sloan, John Southalan, Nancy Thede and Shivani Verma.  Assessing the Effectiveness of National Human Rights Institutions