The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) has recently been nominated to represent the African region on the new Working Group on Business and Human Rights of the International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions (ICC).

The first meeting of the Working Group, comprising 8 members from the ICC’s four world regions, was held in Copenhagen on August 12-13, 2009, where the strategy and program of the Working Group was developed.

Other countries nominated by their regions to this WG are National Commission for Human Rights, Togo (Africa Region), Jordan National Commission for Human Rights (Asia Pacific), National Human Rights Commission of Korea (Asia Pacific), Procuraduria para la Defensa de los Drechos Humanos de Nicaragua (PDDH) (Americas), Defensoria del Pueblo de Venezuela (Americas) the Danish Institute for Human Rights (Europe) and Scottish Human Rights Commission.