Category: OHRC News

As part of their collaborative efforts, the Omani Human Rights Committee and the National Bureau for Human Rights in the State of Kuwait arranged for a delegation from the Kuwaiti Bureau to visit Oman. During the visit, the delegation met...

In the context of OHRC’s role in spreading and promoting a culture of human rights, a number of students from Faid Al-Maarifa School for Basic Education in Muscat Governorate visited the commission. During the visit, a briefing on OHRC was...

H.E. Sheikh/ Hamid bin Ali Al Maani, Deputy Chairman of the OHRC, met with H.E. Ezra Zia, the US Undersecretary for Civil Security, Democracy and Human Rights at the Commission’s headquarters. During the meeting, they discussed aspects of joint cooperation...

In the attendance of H.H. Dr. Mona bint Fahad Al-Said, President of the “Children First” Association, The OHRC presented an introduction to its work and efforts in the field of children’s rights to the Board of Directors of the Association,...

The OHRC, represented by a delegation headed by honorable Sheikh Abdullah bin Shuwain Al Hosni, Chairman of the Committee, took part in the International Conference on “Climate Change and Human Rights” organized by the State of Qatar’s National Human Rights...

The OHRC took part in the 51st session of the Arab Permanent Committee on Human Rights, held at Al Sokhairat in the Kingdom of Morocco, with the participation of the governmental bodies of Member States, national human rights institutions and...

A team from Oman Human Rights commission (OHRC) took part in the annual program on accreditation with the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions, organized by the Asia Pacific Forum in cooperation with the National Human Rights Institution of...

A delegation from (OHRC) took part in reviewing and discussing of the report inclusive of the fifth and the sixth periodic reports submitted by the Sultanate to the Committee on the Rights of the Child of the Convention on the...

The OHRC followed up on the video regarding some officials and a number of Chadian women. The video reports that these Chadian women had been returned from the Sultanate of Oman after being treated inhumanely by their employers. Within the...

The OHRC concluded its participation in the events of the Regional Conference on the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in the Middle East and North Africa Region, which was...