Justin Kouame to serve second term on Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
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Justin Kouame has been reappointed to the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission for a further three-year term.
Mr Kouame was formerly chair of the Northern Ireland Community of Refugees and Asylum Seekers and member of the Northern Ireland Race Equality Sub-Group and Northern Ireland Council for Ethnic Minorities.
He was first appointed as a commissioner in September 2022 and will now serve a second term until 31 August 2028.
The reappointment was announced by Northern Ireland secretary Hilary Benn last week.
The NIHRC was established in 1999 and operates as an executive non-departmental public body sponsored by the Northern Ireland Office.
Its powers and duties are set out in legislation, and it operates in compliance with the Paris Principles on national human rights institutions.
The NIHRC’s functions include keeping under review the adequacy and effectiveness in Northern Ireland of law and practice relating to the protection of human rights and promoting understanding and awareness of the importance of human rights in Northern Ireland.
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