• To accomplish its tasks, the CNDHCI has a non-judicial self-referral power; it may also be seized by any citizen victim or witness of human rights violations. There is no age or nationality requirement. In conducting its investigations, the Commission may summon any witness to appear and require assistance from any state bodies in order to allow the determination of the truth. • Finally, it can also carry out visits to prisons and all places of detention; and at the end of its investigations, it may proceed to prosecution or call on any authority or any holder of a power of coercion, for the protection and defense of human rights, or propose any measures likely to put an end to human rights violations. • But there is a willingness of the Commission to appoint a commissioner specifically responsible for children's rights or a specific section or division responsible for children's rights. In this sense, technical assistance from UNICEF or UNHCR would be welcomed by its members. • In addition, at the end of the electoral process the Government was committed to ensure compliance of the CNDHCI with the Paris Principles relating to the status and functioning of national institutions for the protection and promotion of Human Rights. RAPPORT INITIAL SUR LA MISE EN OEUVRE DE LA CHARTE AFRICAINE DES DROITS ET DU BIEN ÊTRE DE L'ENFANT 22