OSCE/ODIHR Opinion on the Draft Amendments to the Act on Establishment of the Slovak National Centre for Human Rights NHRIs may also be reviewed if the legislation regulating them is amended.8 The SCA is additionally developing “General Observations”, which clarify and further explain the Paris Principles.9 14. The importance that the United Nations ascribe to NHRIs in the promotion and protection of human rights is documented by various resolutions of the UN General Assembly and the UN Human Rights Council. 10 Additionally, the United Nations Development Programme (hereinafter “UNDP”) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (hereinafter “OCHCR”) have published a Toolkit for Collaboration with National Human Rights Institutions. The toolkit explains the various models of NHRIs and provides guidance on how to support NHRIs in the different phases of their existence, from their establishment to supporting their development into more mature NHRIs and re-accreditation efforts.11 15. OSCE participating States, in the Copenhagen Document of 1990, have committed to facilitating “the establishment and strengthening of independent national institutions in the area of human rights and the rule of law”.12 Other OSCE commitments have further emphasized the important role that NHRIs play in the protection and promotion of human rights, in particular, the Bucharest Plan of Action for Combatting Terrorism, which tasks the OSCE/ODIHR with continuing and increasing “efforts to promote and assist in building democratic institutions at the request of States, inter alia by helping to strengthen […] ombudsman institutions”. 13 OSCE commitments also encourage the establishment of NHRIs, such as Ombudsman institutions, to address discrimination https://nhri.ohchr.org/EN/AboutUs/GANHRIAccreditation/Documents/SCA%20MARCH%202014%20FINA L%20REPORT%20-%20ENGLISH.pdf. (hereinafter “2014 ICC Sub-Committee on Accreditation Report”) ; see also UNDP-OHCHR Toolkit, op. cit. footnote 5, page 256. 8 Op. cit. footnote 5, page 241 (UNDO-OHCHR Toolkit). 9 The latest revised General Observations of the Sub-Committee on Accreditation, as adopted by the GANHRI Bureau (hereinafter “General Observations”) at its Meeting held in Geneva on 21 February 2018, are available at http://nhri.ohchr.org/EN/AboutUs/ICCAccreditation/Documents/SCA%20GENERAL%20OBSERVATIONS %20ENGLISH.pdf. 10 See e.g., UN General Assembly, Resolution no. 70/163 on National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, A/RES/70/163, adopted on 17 December 2015, available at http://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/70/163; Resolutions nos. 63/169 and 65/207 on the Role of the Ombudsman, Mediator and Other National Human Rights Institutions in the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, A/RES/63/169 and A/RES/65/207, adopted on 18 December 2008 and on 21 December 2010 respectively; Resolutions nos. 63/172 and 64/161 on National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, A/RES/63/172 and A/RES/64/161, adopted on 18 December 2008 and 18 December 2009 respectively; and Resolution no. 48/134 on National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, A/RES/48/134, adopted on 4 March 1994 – all available at http://www.un.org/en/sections/documents/general-assembly-resolutions/index.html. See also the Resolution no. 27/18 on National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights of the UN human Rights Council, A/HRC/RES/27/18, adopted on 7 October 2014, available at http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?si=A/HRC/27/L.25. 11 Op. cit. footnote 5, page 241 (UNDP-OHCHR Toolkit). 12 See OSCE Copenhagen Document (1990), par 27, available at http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/14304?download=true. 13 See Bucharest Plan of Action for Combating Terrorism (2001), Annex to OSCE Ministerial Council Decision on Combating Terrorism, MC(9).DEC/1, 4 December 2001, par 10, available at http://www.osce.org/atu/42524. 6