Section I
General articles
1. National human rights institutions = 1
2. The Effectiveness of National human rights institutions = 49
3. Guarantees of Independence of National human rights institutions = 59
4. Jurisdiction and Subject Matter of Complaints = 83
5. General Aspects of Quasi-judicial Competences of National human rights institutions = 91
Section II
European perspective
6. The Experiences of European National human rights institutions = 113
7. Implementation of the Western Ombudsman Model in Countries in Democratic Transition = 121
Asian perspective
8. The Asia Pacific Forum : A Partnership for Regional Human rights Cooperation = 141
9. India's National human rights Commission : Strengths and Weaknesses = 149
African perspective
10. Uganda : Human rights Protection by State in Uganda = 169
11. The Ghana Commission on Human rights and Administrative Justice = 199
Latin American perspective
12. The Ombudsman Institution in Latin American : Minimum Standards for its Existence = 209
Appendices = 221
General articles
1. National human rights institutions = 1
2. The Effectiveness of National human rights institutions = 49
3. Guarantees of Independence of National human rights institutions = 59
4. Jurisdiction and Subject Matter of Complaints = 83
5. General Aspects of Quasi-judicial Competences of National human rights institutions = 91
Section II
European perspective
6. The Experiences of European National human rights institutions = 113
7. Implementation of the Western Ombudsman Model in Countries in Democratic Transition = 121
Asian perspective
8. The Asia Pacific Forum : A Partnership for Regional Human rights Cooperation = 141
9. India's National human rights Commission : Strengths and Weaknesses = 149
African perspective
10. Uganda : Human rights Protection by State in Uganda = 169
11. The Ghana Commission on Human rights and Administrative Justice = 199
Latin American perspective
12. The Ombudsman Institution in Latin American : Minimum Standards for its Existence = 209
Appendices = 221