{"id":112,"date":"2015-04-24T12:19:06","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T08:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/134.0.207.102\/~ohrc\/english\/?p=112"},"modified":"2026-05-25T18:14:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T07:14:27","slug":"arab-charter-on-human-rights-newer-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ohrc.om\/en\/arab-charter-on-human-rights-newer-version\/","title":{"rendered":"Arab Charter on Human Rights newer version"},"content":{"rendered":"League of Arab States, Arab Charter on Human Rights,  May 22, 2004, reprinted in 12 Int’l Hum. Rts. Rep. 893  (2005), entered into force March 15, 2008.\n         \n         Based on the faith of the Arab nation in the dignity of the human person whom God has exalted ever since the beginning of creation and in the  fact that the Arab homeland is the cradle of religions and civilizations  whose lofty human values affirm the human right to a decent life based  on freedom, justice and equality,  In  furtherance  of  the  eternal  principles  of  fraternity,  equality  and  tolerance  among  human  beings  consecrated  by  the  noble  Islamic  religion and the other divinely?revealed religions,   Being proud of the humanitarian values and principles that the Arab  nation has established throughout its long history, which have played a  major role in spreading knowledge between East and West, so making  the region a point of reference for the whole world and a destination for  seekers of knowledge and wisdom,\n Believing in the unity of the Arab nation, which struggles for its freedom  and  defends  the  right  of  nations  to  self?determination,  to  the  preservation  of  their  wealth  and  to  development;  believing  in  the  sovereignty of the law and its contribution to the protection of universal  and interrelated human rights and convinced that the human person’s  enjoyment  of  freedom,  justice  and  equality  of  opportunity  is  a  fundamental measure of the value of any society,\n Rejecting all forms of racism and Zionism, which constitute a violation of  human  rights  and  a  threat  to  international  peace  and  security,  recognizing  the  close  link  that  exists  between  human  rights  and  international  peace  and  security,  reaffirming  the  principles  of  the  Charter  of  the  United  Nations,  the  Universal  Declaration  of  Human  Rights and the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and  Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and  Cultural Rights, and having regard to the Cairo Declaration on Human  Rights in Islam,\n         \n         \n         The present Charter seeks, within the context of the national identity of  the Arab States and their sense of belonging to a common civilization, to  achieve the following aims:\n \n 1.To place human rights at the center of the key national concerns of Arab States, making them lofty and fundamental ideals that shape  the will of the individual in Arab States and enable him to improve  his life in accordance with noble human values.\n \n 2.To teach the human person in the Arab States pride in his identity,loyalty to his country, attachment to his land, history and common  interests and to instill in him a culture of human brotherhood,  tolerance and openness towards others, in accordance with  universal principles and values and with those proclaimed in  international human rights instruments.\n \n 3. To prepare the new generations in Arab States for a free and  responsible life in a civil society that is characterized by solidarity,  founded on a balance between awareness of rights and respect for  obligations, and governed by the values of equality, tolerance and  moderation.\n \n 4. To entrench the principle that all human rights are universal,  indivisible, interdependent and interrelated.\n         \n         1. All peoples have the right of self?determination and to control over  their natural wealth and resources, and the right to freely choose  their political system and to freely pursue their economic, social and  cultural development.\n \n 2. All peoples have the right to national sovereignty and territorial  integrity.\n \n 3. All forms of racism, Zionism and foreign occupation and domination constitute an impediment to human dignity and a major barrier to  the exercise of the fundamental rights of peoples; all such practices  must be condemned and efforts must be deployed for their  elimination.\n \n 4.  All peoples have the right to resist foreign occupation.\n         \n         1. Each State party to the present Charter undertakes to ensure to  all individuals subject to its jurisdiction the right to enjoy the rights  and freedoms set forth herein, without distinction on grounds of  race, colour, sex, language, religious belief, opinion, thought,  national or social origin, wealth, birth or physical or mental  disability.\n \n 2. The States parties to the present Charter shall take the requisite  measures to guarantee effective equality in the enjoyment of all  the rights and freedoms enshrined in the present Charter in order  to ensure protection against all forms of discrimination based on  any of the grounds mentioned in the preceding paragraph.\n \n 3. Men and women are equal in respect of human dignity, rights and  obligations within the framework of the positive discrimination  established in favour of women by the Islamic Shariah, other  divine laws and by applicable laws and legal instruments.  Accordingly, each State party pledges to take all the requisite  measures to guarantee equal opportunities and effective equality  between men and women in the enjoyment of all the rights set  out in this Charter.\n         \n         1.In exceptional situations of emergency which threaten the life of the nation and the existence of which is officially proclaimed, the  States parties to the present Charter may take measures derogating  from their obligations under the present Charter, to the extent  strictly required by the exigencies of the situation, provided that  such measures are not inconsistent with their other obligations  under international law and do not involve discrimination solely on  the grounds of race, colour, sex, language, religion or social origin.\n \n 2. In exceptional situations of emergency, no derogation shall be  made from the following articles: article 5, article 8, article 9, article  10, article 13, article 14, paragraph 6, article 15, article 18, article  19, article 20, article 22, article 27, article 28, article 29 and article  30. In addition, the judicial guarantees required for the protection of  the aforementioned rights may not be suspended.\n \n 3. Any State party to the present Charter availing itself of the right of  derogation shall immediately inform the other States parties,  through the intermediary of the Secretary?General of the League of  Arab States, of the provisions from which it has derogated and of  the reasons by which it was actuated. A further communication shall  be made, through the same intermediary, on the date on which it  terminates such derogation.\n         \n         1. Every human being has the inherent right to life.\n \n 2. This right shall be protected by law. No one shall be arbitrarily  deprived of his life.\n         \n         Sentence of death may be imposed only for the most serious crimes in  accordance with the laws in force at the time of commission of the crime  and pursuant to a final judgment rendered by a competent court.  Anyone sentenced to death shall have the right to seek pardon or  commutation of the sentence.\n         \n         1. Sentence of death shall not be imposed on persons under 18  years of age, unless otherwise stipulated in the laws in force at the  time of the commission of the crime.\n \n 2. The death penalty shall not be inflicted on a pregnant woman  prior to her delivery or on a nursing mother within two years from  the date of her delivery; in all cases, the best interests of the  infant shall be the primary consideration.\n         \n         1. No one shall be subjected to physical or psychological torture or to  cruel, degrading, humiliating or inhuman treatment.\n \n 2. Each State party shall protect every individual subject to its  jurisdiction from such practices and shall take effective measures to  prevent them. The commission of, or participation in, such acts shall  be regarded as crimes that are punishable by law and not subject to  any statute of limitations. Each State party shall guarantee in its  legal system redress for any victim of torture and the right to  rehabilitation and compensation.\n         \n         No one shall be subjected to medical or scientific experimentation or to  the use of his organs without his free consent and full awareness of the  consequences and provided that ethical, humanitarian and professional  rules are followed and medical procedures are observed to ensure his  personal safety pursuant to the relevant domestic laws in force in each  State party. Trafficking in human organs is prohibited in all  circumstances.\n         \n         1. All forms of slavery and trafficking in human beings are  prohibited and are punishable by law. No one shall be held in  slavery and servitude under any circumstances.\n \n 2. Forced labor, trafficking in human beings for the purposes of  prostitution or sexual exploitation, the exploitation of the  prostitution of others or any other form of exploitation or the  exploitation of children in armed conflict are prohibited.\n         \n         All persons are equal before the law and have the right to enjoy its  protection without discrimination.\n         \n         All persons are equal before the courts and tribunals. The States parties  shall guarantee the independence of the judiciary and protect  magistrates against any interference, pressure or threats. They shall also  guarantee every person subject to their jurisdiction the right to seek a  legal remedy before courts of all levels.\n         \n         1. Everyone has the right to a fair trial that affords adequate  guarantees before a competent, independent and impartial court  that has been constituted by law to hear any criminal charge  against him or to decide on his rights or his obligations. Each State  party shall guarantee to those without the requisite financial  resources legal aid to enable them to defend their rights.  2. Trials shall be public, except in exceptional cases that may be  warranted by the interests of justice in a society that respects  human freedoms and rights.\n         \n         1. Everyone has the right to liberty and security of person. No one  shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, search or detention without  a legal warrant.\n \n 2. No one shall be deprived of?his liberty except on such grounds  and in such circumstances as are determined by law and in  accordance with such procedure as is established thereby.\n \n 3. Anyone who is arrested shall be informed, at the time of arrest, in  a language that he understands, of the reasons for his arrest and  shall be promptly informed of any charges against him. He shall be  entitled to contact his family members.   Anyone who is deprived of his liberty by arrest or detention shall  have the right to request a medical examination and must be  informed of that right.\n \n 4. Anyone arrested or detained on a criminal charge shall be  brought promptly before a judge or other officer authorized by  law to exercise judicial power and shall be entitled to trial within a\n reasonable time or to release. His release may be subject to  guarantees to appear for trial. Pre?trial detention shall in no case  be the general rule.\n \n 5. Anyone who is deprived of his liberty by arrest or detention shall  be entitled to petition a competent court in order that it may  decide without delay on the lawfulness of his arrest or detention  and order his release if the arrest or detention is unlawful.\n \n 6. Anyone who has been the victim of arbitrary or unlawful arrest or  detention shall be entitled to compensation.\n         \n         No crime and no penalty can be established without a prior provision of  the law. In all circumstances, the law most favorable to the defendant  shall be applied.\n         \n         Everyone charged with a criminal offence shall be presumed innocent  until proved guilty by a final judgment rendered according to law and, in  the course of the investigation and trial, he shall enjoy the following  minimum guarantees:\n 1. The right to be informed promptly, in detail and in a language which  he understands, of the charges against him.\n \n 2. The right to have adequate time and facilities for the preparation of  his defense and to be allowed to communicate with his family.\n \n 3. The right to be tried in his presence before an ordinary court and to  defend himself in person or through a lawyer of his own choosing  with whom he can communicate freely and confidentially.\n \n 4. The right to the free assistance of a lawyer who will defend him if he  cannot defend himself or if the interests of justice so require, and\n the right to the free assistance of an interpreter if he cannot  understand or does not speak the language used in court.\n \n 5. The right to examine or have his lawyer examine the prosecution  witnesses and to on defense according to the conditions applied to  the prosecution witnesses.\n \n 6. The right not to be compelled to testify against himself or to confess  guilt.\n \n 7. The right, if convicted of the crime, to file an appeal in accordance  with the law before a higher tribunal.\n \n 8. The right to respect for his security of person and his privacy in all  circumstances.\n         \n         Each State party shall ensure in particular to any child at risk or any  delinquent charged with an offence the right to a special legal system for  minors in all stages of investigation, trial and enforcement of sentence,  as well as to special treatment that takes account of his age, protects his  dignity, facilitates his rehabilitation and reintegration and enables him to  play a constructive role in society.\n         \n         No one who is shown by a court to be unable to pay a debt arising from  a contractual obligation shall be imprisoned.\n         \n         1. No one may be tried twice for the same offence. Anyone against  whom such proceedings are brought shall have the right to  challenge their legality and to demand his release.   2. Anyone whose innocence is established by a final judgment shall  be entitled to compensation for the damage suffered.\n         \n         1. All persons deprived of their liberty shall be treated with humanity  and with respect for the inherent dignity of the human person.\n \n 2. Persons in pre?trial detention shall be separated from convicted  persons and shall be treated in a manner consistent with their  status as unconvicted persons.\n \n 3. The aim of the penitentiary system shall be to reform prisoners and  effect their social rehabilitation.\n         \n         1.   No one shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with  regard to his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to  unlawful attacks on his honour or his reputation.\n \n 2. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such  interference or attacks.\n         \n         Everyone shall have the right to recognition as a person before the law.   Article 23   Each State party to the present Charter undertakes to ensure that any\n         \n         person whose rights or freedoms as herein recognized are violated shall  have an effective remedy, notwithstanding that the violation has been  committed by persons acting in an official capacity.\n         \n         Every citizen has the right:\n \n 1. To freely pursue a political activity.\n \n 2. To take part in the conduct of public affairs, directly or through  freely chosen representatives.\n \n 3. To stand for election or choose his representatives in free and  impartial elections, in conditions of equality among all citizens  that guarantee the free expression of his will\n \n 4. To the opportunity to gain access, on an equal footing with  others, to public office in his country in accordance with the  principle of equality of opportunity\n \n 5. To freely form and join associations with others.\n \n 6. To freedom of association and peaceful assembly\n \n 7. No restrictions may be placed on the exercise of these rights  other than those which are prescribed by law and which are  necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national  security or public safety, public health or morals or the protection  of the rights and freedoms of others.\n         \n         Persons belonging to minorities shall not be denied the right to enjoy  their own culture, to use their own language and to practice their own  religion. The exercise of these rights shall be governed by law.\n         \n         1. Everyone lawfully within the territory of a State party shall, within  that territory, have the right to freedom of movement and to  freely choose his residence in any part of that territory in  conformity with the laws in force.\n \n 2. No State party may expel a person who does not hold its  nationality but is lawfully in its territory, other than in pursuance  of a decision reached in accordance with law and after that person  has been allowed to submit a petition to the competent authority,  unless compelling reasons of national security preclude it.  Collective expulsion is prohibited under all circumstances.\n         \n         1. No one may be arbitrarily or unlawfully prevented from leaving  any country, including his own, nor prohibited from residing, or  compelled to reside, in any part of that country.\n \n 2. No one may be exiled from his country or prohibited from  returning thereto.\n         \n         Everyone has the right to seek political asylum in another country in  order to escape persecution. This right may not be invoked by persons  facing prosecution for an offence under ordinary law. Political refugees  may not be extradited.\n         \n         1. Everyone has the right to nationality. No one shall be arbitrarily  or unlawfully deprived of his nationality.\n \n 2.States parties shall take such measures as they deem appropriate,in accordance with their domestic laws on nationality, to allow a child to acquire the mother’s nationality, having due regard, in all  cases, to the best interests of the child.\n \n 3.Non one shall be denied the right to acquire another nationality,having due regard for the domestic legal procedures in his  country.\n         \n         1.Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion and no restrictions may be imposed on the exercise of such  freedoms except as provided for by law.\n \n 2.The freedom to manifest one’s religion or beliefs or to perform religious  observances,  either alone or in community with others,  shall be subject only to such limitations as are prescribed by law and  are necessary in a tolerant society that respects human rights and freedoms for the protection of public safety, public order, public  health or morals or the fundamental rights and freedoms of others.3. Parents or guardians have the freedom to provide for the religious  and moral education of their children.\n         \n         Everyone has a guaranteed right to own private property, and shall not  under any circumstances be arbitrarily or unlawfully divested of all or  any part of his property.\n         \n         1.The present Charter guarantees the right to information and to freedom of opinion and expression, as well as the right to seek,  receive and impart information and ideas through any medium,  regardless of geographical boundaries.\n \n 2. Such rights and freedoms shall be exercised in conformity with the  fundamental values of society and shall be subject only to such  limitations as are required to ensure respect for the rights or  reputation of others or the protection of national security, public  order and public health or morals.\n         \n         1. The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society; it is  based on marriage between a man and a woman. Men and women  of marrying age have the right to marry and to found a family  according to the rules and conditions of marriage. No marriage can  take place without the full and free consent of both parties. The  laws in force regulate the rights and duties of the man and woman  as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution.\n \n 2. The State and society shall ensure the protection of the family, the  strengthening of family ties, the protection of its members and the  prohibition of all forms of violence or abuse in the relations among  its members, and particularly against women and children. They  shall also ensure the necessary protection and care for mothers,  children, older persons and persons with special needs and shall  provide adolescents and young persons with the best opportunities  for physical and mental development.\n \n 3. The States parties shall take all necessary legislative, administrative  and judicial measures to guarantee the protection, survival,  development and well?being of the child in an atmosphere of  freedom and dignity and shall ensure, in all cases, that the child’s  best interests are the basic criterion for all measures taken in his  regard, whether the child is at risk of delinquency or is a juvenile  offender.\n \n 4. The States parties shall take all the necessary measures to  guarantee, particularly to young persons, the right to pursue a  sporting activity.\n         \n         1. The right to work is a natural right of every citizen. The State shall  endeavor to provide, to the extent possible, a job for the largest  number of those willing to work, while ensuring production, the  freedom to choose one’s work and equality of opportunity without  discrimination of any kind on grounds of race, colour, sex, religion,  language, political opinion, membership in a union, national origin,  social origin, disability or any other situation.\n \n 2. Every worker has the right to the enjoyment of just and favourable  conditions of work which ensure appropriate remuneration to meet  his essential needs and those of his family and regulate working  hours, rest and holidays with pay, as well as the rules for the  preservation of occupational health and safety and the protection of  women, children and disabled persons in the place of work.\n \n 3. The States parties recognize the right of the child to be protected  from economic exploitation and from being forced to perform any  work that is likely to be hazardous or to interfere with the child’s  education or to be harmful to the child’s health or physical, mental,  spiritual, moral or social development. To this end, and having\n regard to the relevant provisions of other international instruments,  States parties shall in particular:\n         \n         4. There shall be no discrimination between men and women in their  enjoyment of the right to effectively benefit from training,  employment and job protection and the right to receive equal  remuneration for equal work.\n \n 5. Each State party shall ensure to workers who migrate to its  territory the requisite protection in accordance with the laws in  force.\n         \n         1. Every individual has the right to freely form trade unions or to join  trade  unions  and  to  freely  pursue  trade  union  activity  for  the  protection of his interests.   2. No restrictions shall be placed on the exercise of these rights and  freedoms except such as are prescribed by the laws in force and  that are necessary for the maintenance of national security, public  safety or order or for the protection of public health or morals or  the rights and freedoms of others.\n \n 3. Every State party to the present Charter guarantees the right to  strike within the limits laid down by the laws in force.\n         \n         The  States  parties  shall  ensure  the  right  of  every  citizen  to  social  security, including social insurance.\n         \n         The right to development is a fundamental human right and all States  are  required  to  establish  the  development  policies  and  to  take  the  measures needed to guarantee this right. They have a duty to give effect  to  the  values  of  solidarity  and  cooperation  among  them  and  at  the  international  level  with  a  view  to  eradicating  poverty  and  achieving  economic, social, cultural and political development. By virtue of this  right,  every  citizen  has  the  right  to  participate  in  the  realization  of  development and to enjoy the benefits and fruits thereof.\n         \n         Every person has the right to an adequate standard of living for himself  and  his  family,  which  ensures  their  well?being  and  a  decent  life,  including food, clothing, housing, services and the right to a healthy  environment.  The  States  parties  shall  take  the  necessary  measures  commensurate with their resources to guarantee these rights.\n         \n         1. The States parties recognize the right of every member of society  to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and  mental health and the right of the citizen to free basic health?care  services  and  to  have  access  to  medical  facilities  without  discrimination of any kind.\n \n 2. The measures taken by States parties shall include the following:\n         \n         \n         \n         2. The States parties shall provide social services free of charge for all  persons with disabilities, shall provide the material support needed  by those persons, their families or the families caring for them, and  shall also do whatever is needed to avoid placing those persons in  institutions. They shall in all cases take account of the best interests  of the disabled person.\n \n 3. The States parties shall take all necessary measures to curtail the  incidence of disabilities by all possible means, including preventive  health programmes, awareness raising and education.\n \n 4. The States parties shall provide full educational services suited to  persons  with  disabilities,  taking  into  account  the  importance  of\n integrating  these  persons  in  the  educational  system  and  the  importance  of  vocational  training  and  apprenticeship  and  the  creation  of  suitable  job  opportunities  in  the  public  or  private  sectors.\n \n 5. The States parties shall provide all health services appropriate for  persons  with  disabilities,  including  the  rehabilitation  of  these  persons with a view to integrating them into society.\n \n 6. The States parties shall enable persons with disabilities to make  use of all public and private services.\n         \n         1. The eradication of illiteracy is a binding obligation upon the State  and everyone has the right to education.\n \n 2. The States parties shall guarantee their citizens free education at  least throughout the primary and basic levels. All forms and levels  of primary education shall be compulsory and accessible to all  without discrimination of any kind.\n \n 3. The States parties shall take appropriate measures in all domains  to ensure partnership between men and women with a view to  achieving national development goals.\n \n 4. The States parties shall guarantee to provide education directed  to  the  full  development  of  the  human  person  and  to  strengthening  respect  for  human  rights  and  fundamental  freedoms.\n \n 5. The States parties shall endeavour to incorporate the principles  of  human  rights  and  fundamental  freedoms  into  formal  and  informal  education  curricula  and  educational  and  training  programmes.\n \n 6. The  States  parties  shall  guarantee  the  establishment  of  the  mechanisms  necessary  to  provide  ongoing  education  for  every  citizen and shall develop national plans for adult education.\n         \n         1. Every person has the right to take part in cultural life and to enjoy  the benefits of scientific progress and its application.\n \n 2. The States parties undertake to respect the freedom of scientific  research and creative activity and to ensure the protection of moral  and material interests resulting form scientific, literary and artistic  production.\n \n 3. The  state  parties  shall  work  together  and  enhance  cooperation  among them at all levels, with the full participation of intellectuals  and  inventors  and  their  organizations,  in  order  to  develop  and  implement recreational, cultural, artistic and scientific programmes.\n         \n         Nothing in this Charter may be construed or interpreted as impairing  the rights and freedoms protected by the domestic laws of the States  parties or those set force in the international and regional human rights  instruments which the states parties have adopted or ratified, including  the rights of women, the rights of the child and the rights of persons  belonging to minorities.\n         \n         The  states  parties  undertake  to  adopt,  in  conformity  with  their  constitutional  procedures  and  with  the  provisions  of  the  present  Charter, whatever legislative or non?legislative measures that may be  necessary to give effect to the rights set forth herein.\n         \n         1. Pursuant to this Charter, an “Arab Human Rights Committee”,  hereinafter refered to as “the Committee” shall be established.  This  Committee  shall  consist  of  seven  members  who  shall  be  elected by secret ballot by the states parties to this Charter.\n \n 2. The Committee shall consist of nationals of the states parties to  the  present  Charter,  who  must  be  highly  experienced  and  competent in the Committee’s field of work. The members of the  Committee shall serve in their personal capacity and shall be fully  independent and impartial.\n \n 3. The Committee shall include among its members not more than  one national of a State party; such member may be re?elected  only once. Due regard shall be given to the rotation principle.\n \n 4. The members of the Committee shall be elected for a four?year  term, although the mandate of three of the members elected  during  the  first  election  shall  be  for  two  years  and  shall  be  renewed by lot.\n \n 5. Six  months  prior  to  the  date  of  the  election,  the  Secretary General of the League of Arab States shall invite the States parties  to submit their nominations within the following three months. He  shall  transmit  the  list  of  candidates  to  the  States  parties  two  months prior to the date the election. The candidates who obtain  the largest number of votes cast shall be elected to membership  of the Committee. If, because two or more candidates have an  equal number of votes, the number of candidates with the largest  number of votes exceeds the number required, a second ballot  will be held between the persons with equal numbers of votes. If  the  votes  are  again  equal,  the  member  or  members  shall  be  selected  by  lottery.  The  first  election  for  membership  of  the  Committee shall be held at least six months after the Charter  enters into force.\n \n 6. The Secretary?General shall invite the States parties to a meeting  at the headquarters the League of Arab States in order to elect the  member of the Committee. The presence of the majority of the  States parties shall constitute a quorum. If there is no quorum, the  secretary?General shall call another meeting at which at least two  thirds of the States parties must be present. If there is still no  quorum, the Secretary?General shall call a third meeting, which  will be held regardless of the number of States parties present.\n \n 7. The  Secretary?General  shall  convene  the  first  meeting  of  the  Committee, during the course of which the Committee shall elect  its Chairman from among its members, for a two?year n which  may  be  renewed  only  once  and  for  an  identical  period.  The  Committee shall establish its own rules of procedure and methods  of work and shall determine how often it shall et. The Committee  shall hold its meetings at the headquarters of the League of Arab\n States may also meet in any other State party to the present  Charter at that party’s invitation.\n         \n         1. The  Secretary?General  shall  declare  a  seat  vacant  after  being  notified by the Chairman of a member’s:   (\n         \n         2. If a member’s seat is declared vacant pursuant to the provisions of  paragraph 1 and the term of office of the member to be replaced  does not expire within six months from the date on which the  vacancy was declared, the Secretary?General of the League of Arab  States shall refer the matter to the States parties to the present  Charter,  which  may,  within  two  months,  submit  nominations,  pursuant to article 45, in order to fill the vacant seat.\n \n 3. The Secretary?General of the League of Arab States shall draw up  an alphabetical list of all the duly nominated candidates, which he  shall transmit to the States parties to the present Charter. The  elections to fill the vacant seat shall be held in accordance with the  relevant provisions.\n \n 4. Any member of the Committee elected to fill a seat declared vacant  in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 shall remain a  member of the Committee until the expiry of the remainder of the  term of the member whose seat was declared vacant pursuant to  the provisions of that paragraph.\n \n 5. The Secretary?General of the League of Arab States shall make  provision within the budget of the League of Arab States for all the  necessary  financial  and  human  resources  and  facilities  that  the  Committee  needs  to  discharge  its  functions  effectively.  The  Committee’s experts shall be afforded the same treatment with  respect  to  remuneration  and  reimbursement  of  expenses  as  experts of the secretariat of the League of Arab States.\n         \n         The States parties undertake to ensure that members of the Committee  shall enjoy the immunities necessary for their protection against any  form of harassment or moral or material pressure or prosecution on  account  of  the  positions  they  take  or  statements  they  make  while  carrying out their functions as members of the Committee.\n         \n         1.The States parties undertake to submit reports to the SecretaryGeneral of the League of Arab States on the measures they have  taken to give effect to the rights and freedoms recognized in this  Charter  and  on  the  progress  made  towards  the  enjoyment  thereof. The Secretary?General shall transmit these reports to the  Committee for its consideration.\n \n 2. Each State party shall submit an initial report to the Committee  within one year from the date on which the Charter enters into  force  and  a  periodic  report  every  three  years  thereafter.  The  Committee  may  request  the  States  parties  to  supply  it  with  additional  information  relating  to  the  implementation  of  the  Charter.\n \n 3. The  Committee  shall  consider  the  reports  submitted  by  the  States parties under paragraph 2 of this article in the presence of  the  representative  of  the  State  party  whose  report  is  being  considered.\n \n 4. The Committee shall discuss the report, comment thereon and  make  the  necessary  recommendations  in  accordance  with  the  aims of the Charter.\n \n 5. The  Committee  shall  submit  an  annual  report  containing  its  comments and recommendations to the Council of the League,  through the intermediary of the Secretary?General.\n \n 6. The  Committee’s  reports,  concluding  observations  and  recommendations  shall  be  public  documents  which  the  Committee shall disseminate widely.\n         \n         1. The Secretary?General of the League of Arab States shall submit the  present Charter, once it has been approved by the Council of the  League,  to  the  States  members  for  signature,  ratification  or  accession.\n \n 2. The present Charter shall enter into effect two months from the  date on which the seventh instrument of ratification is deposited  with the secretariat of the League of Arab States.\n \n 3. After its entry into force, the present Charter shall become effective  for each State two months after the State in question has deposited  its instrument of ratification or accession with the secretariat.\n \n 4. The  Secretary?General  shall  notify  the  States  members  of  the  deposit of each instrument of ratification or accession.\n         \n         Any State party may submit written proposals, though the Secretary General,  for  the  amendment  of  the  present  Charter.  After  these  amendments  have  been  circulated  among  the  States  members,  the  Secretary?General  shall  invite  the  States  parties  to  consider  the proposed amendments before submitting them to the Council of the  League for adoption.\n         \n         The amendments shall take effect, with regard to the States parties that  have approved them, once they have been approved by two thirds of  the States parties.\n         \n         Any State party may propose additional optional protocols to the  present Charter and they shall be adopted in accordance with the  procedures used for the adoption of amendments to the Charter.\n         \n         1. Any State party, when signing this Charter, depositing the  instruments of ratification or acceding hereto, may make a  reservation to any article of the Charter, provided that such  reservation does not conflict with the aims and fundamental  purposes of the Charter.\n \n 2. Any State party that has made a reservation pursuant to  paragraph 1 of this article may withdraw it at any time by  addressing a notification to the Secretary?General of the League of  Arab States.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"League of Arab States, Arab Charter on Human Rights, May 22, 2004, reprinted in 12 Int’l Hum. Rts. Rep. 893 (2005), entered into force March 15, 2008. 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