Category: OHRC News

The UN Secretary-General has called for solidarity with all people living in poverty, during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. Secretary-General António Guterres issued the appeal in a video message to mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, observed...

The first-ever guidelines on access to justice for people with disabilities are an “indispensable contribution” towards ensuring justice for all, UN human rights experts said on Friday. The document will help countries dismantle the barriers that block people with disabilities from being able...

More than a human rights violation against an individual, enforced disappearances have frequently been used as a strategy to spread terror within the whole of society, the United Nations said on Sunday, the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearance....

The COVID-19 pandemic has “starkly exposed” the heightened vulnerability and risks to persons with disabilities, a major meeting convened to discuss the international treaty that supports persons with disabilities, heard on Monday. In the first online session for the Committee...

Sheikh Abdullah bin Shuwain Al Hosni, Chairman of OHRC, met in his office with His Excellency H.E. Balz Abplanalp, Ambassador of Federal Republic of Switzerland to the Sultanate. During the meeting, the OHRC Chairman explained OHRC’s work mechanism, its role...

A work team from OHRC participated in the discussion seminar organized by the Arab Network for National Human Rights Institutions in cooperation with the United Nations Center for Training and Documentation in the Field of Human Rights for Southwest Asia...

OHRC participated in the symposium held on the International Day of Human Solidarity, organized by the Arab Network of National Human Rights Institutions in cooperation and coordination with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Economic and...

OHRC held its second meeting for the second annual session of the fourth term, under the chairmanship of Sheikh Abdullah bin Shuwain Al Hosni, OHRC Chairman, in the presence of all OHRC members, and Dr. Secretary-General.   The meeting reviewed...

OHRC participated in the twenty-fifth annual meeting of the Asia Pacific Forum with the participation of Forum members, representatives of civil society, the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions, and international experts in the field of human rights. The...

OHRC participated in the 25th annual meeting of the Asia Pacific Forum conducted via video conferencing on September 9, 2020, with the participation of forum members, representatives of civil society, the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions, and international...