As the Chairperson of the Commonwealth Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (CFNHRI), I would like to applaud the significant role that national human rights institutions (NHRIs) play in the promotion and protection of human rights at the national level. NHRIs are national institutions established by governments but independent from them with a mandate to preserve, promote and protect human rights. Different approaches are taken to fulfil this important aim, such as investigating human rights violations, holding governments accountable for their human rights failures and providing human rights training to key state actors.