Under the chairmanship of the Honorable Sheikh Abdullah bin Shuwain Al-Hosani, the OHRC Chairman, the OHRC held its 5th meeting of the 4th annual session of the fourth period in the presence of its members and its Secretary-General.
During the meeting, they discussed the latest developments in the preparation of the internal regulations of the OHRC in implementation of Article 9 of its work system issued by Royal Decree No. (57/2022). Additionally, they reviewed the ongoing preparations for the establishment of the Forum of Human Rights Institutions in the GCC, to be held during the period from 12 to 13 September 2023 in Muscat. This Form will be held in cooperation with the General Secretariat of the GCC, in the presence of human rights entities, institutions and committees from the Gulf States, with the participation of representatives of the OHCHR, the Regional Office of the OHCHR in Beirut, the ANNHRI, and the Arab Permanent Committee for Human Rights of the League of Arab States.
During the meeting, the committee reviewed the ongoing preparations for the establishment of a human rights cultural event at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva at the end of September 2023, including an accompanying exhibition explaining an aspect of the work and competencies of the OHRC, its role in awareness and education, and reviewing the programs it implemented during the previous period.
In addition, during its meeting, the OHRC discussed the existing steps to prepare its annual report for 2023, which includes a statistic of the communications it monitored and received, its efforts to resolve and settle them, its responses to the reports of international organizations and external entities that addressed the Sultanate of Oman during this year, and the awareness and education programs implemented by the OHRC in cooperation with government entities and civil society institutions.
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