22 business and human rights, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), and the Right to Development (with special focus on vulnerable and disadvantaged sectors).81 The creation of this center lends credence to this Honorable Commission’s authority and thrust to promote and protect not only civil and political -- but also economic, social, and cultural -- rights. 2.47. In any event, the Honorable Commission’s broad mandate is sanctioned by the Constitution, and is reinforced by the Principles relating to the Status of National Institutions, known as the Paris Principles, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1993.82 2.48. The Paris Principles states that National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) “shall be given as broad a mandate as possible.”83 Further, the directive of the Sub-Committee on Accreditation (SCA) General Observations, which aim to guide the interpretation and implementation of the Paris Principles, is telling— “A National Institution’s mandate should be interpreted in a broad, liberal and purposive manner to promote a progressive definition of human rights which includes all rights set out in international, regional and domestic instruments, including economic, social and cultural rights. Specifically, the mandate should: extend to the acts and omissions of both the public and private sectors; . . . provide the authority to address recommendations to public authorities, to analyse the human rights situation in the country, and to obtain statements or documents in order to assess situations raising human rights issues.”84 2.49. Finally, the Paris Principles also decreed that a NHRI shall have the responsibility to produce reports and recommendations “on any matters concerning the promotion and protection of human rights,” including “[a]ny violation of . . . human rights which it decides to take up.”85 This responsibility, according to SCA General Observation, is broad as to afford the public the protection of a wide range of international human rights which include -- but are not limited to -- civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights.86 81 CHR’s Specialized/Thematic Human Rights Program, available at http://198.23.173.74/chr/what-doesthe-commission-do/specialized-thematic-human-rights-program/, last accessed on 01 January 2017. 82 ELAW’s amicus curiae brief dated 07 November 2016, pp. 13-14; see G.A. G.A. Res. 134, U.N. Doc. A/RES/48/134 (20 December 1993), available at http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/StatusOfNationalInstitutions.aspx, last accessed on 01 January 2017. 83 ELAW’s amicus curiae brief, p. 14; see G.A. G.A. Res. 134, U.N. Doc. A/RES/48/134, Id., Principle 2. 84 ELAW’s amicus curiae brief, p. 14; see Sub-Committee on Accreditation General Observations, G.O. 1.2, available at http://nhri.ohchr.org/EN/AboutUs/ICCAccreditation/Documents/SCA%20GENERA L%20OBSERVATIONS%20ENGLISH.pdf, last accessed on 01 January 2017. 85 ELAW’s amicus curiae brief, p. 14; Id. at Principle 3(a)(ii). 86 ELAW’s amicus curiae brief, p. 14; Id. at SCA General Observations, G.O. 1.2 (ii).