UAE takes part in Arab Network for National Human Rights Institutions, ANNHRI

DUBAI, 27th July, 2015 (WAM) -- The Emirates Human Rights Association is participating in the12th conference of the Arab Network for National Human Rights Institutions, ANNHRI, which started yesterday in Amman, Jordan, with the participation of representatives of the ANNHRI of 14 Arab countries. The UAE's delegation was headed by Mohammed Salem Al Kaabi, Chairman of the Emirates Human Rights Association (EHRA). The conference will discuss the annual report of the ANNHRI and the strategy and programme of its work for the next three years, adopt standards of providing assistance to member institutions in the network and cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme, as well as to help Somalia to establish a national human rights institution. Representatives of the Permanent Arab Committee for Human Rights at the Arab League as well as a number of international institutions and commissions involved in human rights are participating in the conference. The UAE Society for Human Rights, is one of the important institutions of civil society involved in the area of human rights and the Arab Network for National Human Rights Institutions in order to promote the development and protection of human rights in the Arab world and facilitate cooperation among its members, in accordance with the strong partnerships and challenges facing the national human rights institutions. – Emirates News Agency, WAM –http://www.wam.ae/en/news/emirates/1395283668552.html