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The Office of the Ombudsman is an independent officer of Parliament appointed under Section 66 of the Antigua and Barbuda Constitution. It is accredited as a national human rights institution (NHRI) but with the lowest (‘C’) status accorded by the International Co-ordinating Committee of NHRIs (ICC). It has only limited participation in the regional NHRI network the Network of National Institutions in the Americas.