principles of the Charter of the United Nations,17 particularly in relation to national unity. 9.7.6 National institutions Suggested national action plan content: • Commitment to establishing national human rights institutions (NHRIs - such as a human rights commission or ombudsman) in conformity with the “Paris Principles”;18 • Commitment to expanding or strengthening the mandate of an existing national institution; • Commitment to increasing resources available to an NHRI, particularly where it is given additional functions relating to the implementation of the national action plan. National human rights institutions, particularly human rights commissions, can play an extremely important role in promoting and protecting human rights within a country. A strong national human rights action plan should therefore provide for the establishment of a national human rights institution or, where such an institution has already been established, for its strengthening through expansion of its mandate and an increase in the resources available to it. Where the NHRI has a role in the implementation of the plan that goes beyond its normal functions, additional resources should be provided to enable it to carry out this task effectively. 9.7.7 Human rights education Suggested national action plan content: • Commitment to a comprehensive programme of human rights education using the guidance provided in the United Nations Guidelines for National Plans of Action for Human Rights Education; • Human rights training for police, prisons officials, judges, magistrates and lawyers; • Development of human rights curricula at all educational levels (primary, secondary and tertiary); • Public information and awareness campaigns. 17 Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, following the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, provides that reference to self-determination “shall not be construed as authorizing or encouraging any action which would dismember or impair, totally or in part, the territorial integrity or political unity of sovereign and independent States conducting themselves in compliance with the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples and thus possessed of a Government representing the whole people belonging to the territory without distinction of any kind”. 18 The “Paris Principles” is the name commonly given to the Principles relating to the Status of National Institutions, which were the outcome of an international workshop held in Paris in October 1991. They were subsequently endorsed by the General Assembly in its resolution 48/134 of 20 December 1993 (http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu6/2/fs19.htm#annex). 82