IOI | IOI President Walters and IOI Secretary General meet Deputy HCHR Kate Gilmore

On the side-lines of the ICC Annual Meeting in Geneva on 22 March 2016 IOI President John Walters and IOI Secretary General Günther Kräuter took the opportunity to meet with Kate Gilmore. Kate Gilmore is the United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights and therefore at the forefront of mainstreaming human rights on an international level.

During the talk President Walters emphasized the importance of collaboration between Omubdsman institutions and National Human Rights Institutions (NHRI) on all levels. Secretary General Kräuter explained the different duties and tasks and the crucial role of Ombudsman institutions in relation to the protection and promotion of human rights. Deputy High Commissioner Gilmore positively acknowledged the global presence of the IOI and together with Vladlen Stefanov, Chief of the National Institutions and Regional Mechanisms Section of OHCHR, confirmed her support for joint projects between Ombudsman institutions and NHRIs.

The ICC is the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and during the course of the Annual Meeting will be re-named to GANHRI - the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions.