NHRC Chairperson Stresses National Human Rights Institutions' Impact on Development Strategies

General- Arab Affairs- Lebanon Beirut, November 09 (QNA) - HE the Chairperson of the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) Maryam bint Abdullah Al Attiya stressed the important role of national human rights institutions to influence and urge the sustainability of development strategies, by integrating human rights into strategies and plans. Al Attiyah said that NHRC in the State of Qatar plays an important role in contributing to the improvement of development strategies by making proposals on existing legislation and draft laws and their compatibility with the provisions of international human rights conventions. This came during a review by the NHRC Chairperson on the role of the Committee to formulate sustainable development strategies, and its role in regional and international cooperation in the work of the regional seminar on "contribution of development to all human rights in Arab countries", organized by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in cooperation with the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) in the Lebanese capital of Beirut. Her Excellency added that the committee may propose to create, amend or cancel a law to further promote and respect human rights, and stressed that the committee receives complaints and petitions, conducts field monitoring, visits places of detention, health and psychological care homes, workplaces and workers' accommodation, pointing out that there is a legal team that documents and submits proposals to the competent authorities regarding any observations to be taken into consideration as challenges to the implementation of sustainable development strategies. Commenting on the Committee's regional and international cooperation, Al Attiyah said that the NHRC cooperates with regional and international bodies to participate in activities, exchange expertise, and benefit from the technical support provided to the Committee by regional and international bodies with the aim of raising its capabilities. Her Excellency added that the cooperation with the Arab League-affiliated Committee of the Arab Charter on Human Rights by submitting the shadow report on the State of Qatar's implementation of the rights and freedoms stipulated in the Arab Charter on Human Rights. The Committee also cooperates with the Asia-Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions by encouraging and empowering the establishment of more national institutions within the region. Her Excellency said that the NHRC contributed to the establishment of the Arab Network for National Human Rights Institutions as a regional institution working to enhance human rights, indicating that the Committee signed many memoranda of understanding with its counterparts in the Philippines, Indonesia, Nepal, Somalia, Algeria, Libya, and others. The Committee, on the international cooperation level, deals with the UN and its affiliated agencies, in particular with the Human Rights Council and its mechanisms, Her Excellency said, adding that the NHRC, since it was established, has been submitting shadow reports and discussing them before the treaty committees, in addition to reporting on the mechanisms of the universal periodic review and participating in interventions in a regular manner. independent of the government. (QNA)