deportation, Recognizing the unique role played by NHRIs in applying international human rights standards at the national level, thereby ensuring their independence and effectiveness in accordance with the Paris Principles, which enables them to contribute to the promotion and protection of migrant rights through dialogue between public authorities and civil society groups at the national level, Urging therefore the continued enhancement of the role and participation of NHRIs in international human rights mechanisms, such as the Human Rights Council (Universal Periodic Review and Special Procedures) and Human Rights Treaty Bodies, as well as in regional human rights initiatives, Reaffirming that NHRIs in the Asia-Pacific region should continuously play an active role in protecting and promoting human rights in the region, with special efforts to advocate for a human rights approach to migration and migration management, and to promote the establishment of NHRIs in countries where they are not yet established, Welcoming the efforts and progress made by the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (APF) concerning migration issues, in particular, trafficking of women and children Welcoming the efforts made by the ASEAN NHRI Forum to contribute to the development and establishment of an intergovernmental human rights body in accordance with the ASEAN Charter, and the contributions of the Civil Society TaskForce on ASEAN Migrant Workers to the ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers (Cebu 2007), Recalling the key concerns and issues identified by the Jakarta Process Review related to existing legal, institutional, and policy frameworks in the countries studied which are considered detrimental to the human rights of migrants in an irregular situation and migrant domestic workers, Expressing solidarity with the Jakarta Process Review—Appeal to the Asia Pacific Forum in its Call for Regional Standard-setting on the Human Rights of Migrants in an Irregular Situation and Migrant Domestic Workers (Kuala Lumpur 2008), Noting the importance of inter- and intra-regional relationships among NHRIs given the nature of migration and the capacity to share information and support when dealing with migrants and specific migration issues, Reaffirming the need for increased cooperation and sharing of information and best practices, including the development of specific joint programs and mechanisms, among NHRIs at regional and international levels, Noting with great interest similar calls for cooperation among NHRIs in other regions, including the creation of mechanisms for communication and coordination between human rights institutions, a call for NHRIs to engage in transnational cooperation and to 3