In 2002 he became a member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) and in 2004 Chairman of the International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions (ICC).
I 2002 blev han medlem af FN's Komité til bekæmpelse af racediskrimination (CERD), og i 2004 formand for De Nationale Menneskerettighedsinstitutioners Koordinationskomité (ICC).