1. Introduction = 1
2. NHRIs : Need to go beyond the Paris Principles = 3
3. The NHRI gravy train : the Bangladesh line = 9
4. India's NHRC : No effort for compliance of directions = 14
5. Komnas HAM - Hops stillborn? = 32
6. The Korean National Human Rights Commission : Law, reality, and its Future Tasks = 43
7. SUHAKAM - Yet to earn its spurs = 75
8. Human Rights Commission of Nepal : a long road to Nirvana = 91
9. New Zealand Human Rights Commission : room for improvement = 04
10. An assessment of the Philippine Commission on Human Rights = 109
11. National Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka : Jettisoning an Unproductive past = 119
2. NHRIs : Need to go beyond the Paris Principles = 3
3. The NHRI gravy train : the Bangladesh line = 9
4. India's NHRC : No effort for compliance of directions = 14
5. Komnas HAM - Hops stillborn? = 32
6. The Korean National Human Rights Commission : Law, reality, and its Future Tasks = 43
7. SUHAKAM - Yet to earn its spurs = 75
8. Human Rights Commission of Nepal : a long road to Nirvana = 91
9. New Zealand Human Rights Commission : room for improvement = 04
10. An assessment of the Philippine Commission on Human Rights = 109
11. National Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka : Jettisoning an Unproductive past = 119