ANNHRI Annual Conference Due To Convene In Cairo On Saturday

Doha, July 26 (QNA) - The Doha-based Arab Network for National Human Rights Institutions (ANNHRI) on Wednesday announced that its annual international conference is due to be held in Cairo on Saturday. In a statement today ANNHRI said that the conference will be on the sidelines of its twentieth general assembly, with the participation of 330 people representing 65 regional and international organizations and national institutions, including representatives of governments, civil society organizations and activists in addition to experts and consultants. ANNHRI Secretary-General Sultan bin Hassan Al Jamali, said that since the adoption of the Paris Principles in 1993 and the establishment of national institutions in accordance with them, many countries have established national institutions in compliance with the decision of the United Nations General Assembly. Thanks to the broad mandate given by the Paris Principles to national institutions for the protection and promotion of human rights, national institutions have gained a privileged and effective position within the national and international human rights system, he said. Al-Jamali pointed out that the ANNHRI Conference will discuss best practices, lessons learned, and current challenges facing each of the national human rights institutions, the Global Alliance and the Accreditation Sub-Committee, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and governments. It will also discuss the needs and priorities of each of them, he added. The conference will also touch on the criteria for accreditation of national human rights institutions, recommendations of the accreditation committee, strengthening partnership and cooperation between national human rights institutions and their countries, international mechanisms, the Office of the High Commissioner and the Global Alliance, in addition to strengthening the presence of national institutions in official international forums, the Human Rights Council, the United Nations General Assembly, and United Nations committees, in addition to adopting an action plan to implement and follow up the implementation of recommendations. (QNA)