Meeting

NIHR Council of Commissioners convenes its 13th Regular Meeting

03 May 2023

Eng. Ali Ahmed Al-Derazi, Chairman of the National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR), has presided the 13th meeting of the NIHR Council of Commissioners, in the presence of Mrs. Rawdha Salman Al-Aradi, Head of the NIHR Committee on Complaints, Monitoring and Follow-up, D. Fawzeya Al-Saleh, Head of the NIHR Committee on Public Rights and Freedoms, and D. Malallah Al-Hammadi, Head of the NIHR Committee on Visiting Detention Places and Facilities.

During the meeting, Al-Derazi presented a brief about the actions taken regarding the activation of the mechanism of the mechanism for implementing alternative sanctions and measures with the participation of private sector, in which the NIHR headed the joint work team aimed at involving private sector companies in providing training and job opportunities for the beneficiaries of the alternative sanctions programme.  He also stressed the follow-up of the issue with the relevant authorities to ensure the continuity of the implementation of the mechanism.

At the end of the meeting, the Council office discussed the proposal to hold the international conference that the NIHR will organise next September, which revolves around the right to a clean and sustainable environment.  The Council also discussed the themes that will be included in the conference and assigned the NIHR Committee on Public Rights and Freedoms to develop a comprehensive vision about it, and to present it to the next Council meeting for approval and implementation.