Category: OHRC News

As part of its training and capacity-building efforts for staff, Oman Human Rights Commission organized a training course on the etiquette of dealing with people with disabilities .   The course covered topics such as the proper ways of dealing...

The OHRC Deputy Chairperson, Saud bin Saleh Al Maawali, met His Excellency Mark Rubin, Deputy Regional Director of UNICEF for the Middle East and North Africa, and his accompanying delegation.   During the meeting, joint aspects of cooperation between the...

Under the patronage of His Excellency Dr. Khalifa bin Abdullah Al Barwani, Chief Executive Officer of the National Center for Statistics and Information and in cooperation and coordination with the United Nations Human Rights Training and Documentation Center for Southwest...

Led by Prof. Rashid bin Hamad Al-Balushi, the Chairperson of the OHRC, a delegation from the OHRC headed participated in the meetings of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions “GANHRIs “and the International Alliance Conference at the UN...

Within the framework of mutual visits, His Excellency Nasr bin Khamis Al Sawa’i, the Public Prosecutor, visited the headquarters of the Oman Human Rights Commission. During the visit, he met Professor Dr. Rashid bin Hamad Al Balushi, Chairman of the...

A team from the Oman Human Rights Commission Headed by the OHRC Chairman Dr./ Rashid bin Hamad Al Balushi and a number of its members and specialists visited the Palestinian wounded influenced by the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip...

The OHRC has established a fact-finding team to investigate the deaths of several individuals, primarily children, in the North Sharqiyah Governorate due to the impact of the recent exceptional weather conditions experienced in the Sultanate. The appointed team is required...

In collaboration and coordination with the Cultural Club, the OHRC organized a dialogue session on cultural rights as outlined in the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights. The session took place at the Cultural Club headquarters in Muscat....

The OHRC received the distressing news with profound sadness regarding the loss of several children due to their drifting and drowning in the valleys of the North Sharqiyah Governorate, amidst the effects of the exceptional weather conditions prevailing in the...

The OHRC and the Children First Association have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at enhancing awareness and education regarding children’s rights and those working with children across all sectors.   The MoU was signed by Her Highness Dr....