`Women human rights defenders, particularly, also face stigmatization through public statements intended to make their work seem illegitimate, and to foster a climate of hostility and intolerance among various sectors of society’
National human rights commissions hold the state accountable and should be robust, independent and autonomous, says Roberta Clarke, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).
She noted that they are established to receive information from people who perceive that their rights are threatened or violated and to monitor and advise the state so the state meets its human rights obligations.
