{"id":991539,"date":"2026-11-11T01:35:16","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T14:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ohrc.om\/en\/?p=991539"},"modified":"2026-11-11T01:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T14:36:12","slug":"ohrc_10112026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ohrc.om\/en\/ohrc_10112026\/","title":{"rendered":"Oman Human Rights Commission Amends its Internal Regulations to Ensure Full Independence in Carrying Out its Mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"The Oman Human Rights Commission has amended its internal regulations in accordance with Article 14 of the Commission\u2019s Statute, promulgated by Royal Decree No. 47\/2026. The amendments aim to regulate the Commission\u2019s administrative and financial affairs, safeguard its full independence in carrying out its mandate in line with the Paris Principles, and ensure appropriate representation of women, all in accordance with the laws and regulations in force in the Sultanate of Oman.\r\n\r\nA key amendment sets out a clear procedure for electing the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson by direct secret ballot from among Commission members who do not represent entities of the State\u2019s Administrative Apparatus.\r\n\r\nThe amended regulations also set out the procedure for preparing the Commission\u2019s annual report. The report is submitted to His Majesty the Sultan, with copies sent to the Council of Ministers, the State Council and the Shura Council. It covers the Commission\u2019s monitoring and follow-up work, statistics on reports received, and proposals for accession to international conventions.\r\n<br><br\/>\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/ohrc.om\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/\u0627\u0644\u0644\u0627\u0626\u062d\u0629-\u0627\u0644\u062f\u0627\u062e\u0644\u064a\u0629-English.pdf\">Download Internal Regulations<\/a><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Oman Human Rights Commission has amended its internal regulations in accordance with Article 14 of the Commission\u2019s Statute, promulgated by Royal Decree No. 47\/2026. The amendments aim to regulate the Commission\u2019s administrative and financial affairs, safeguard its full independence&#8230;","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":990612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-991539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ohrc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohrc.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohrc.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohrc.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohrc.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohrc.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=991539"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ohrc.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":991543,"href":"https:\/\/ohrc.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991539\/revisions\/991543"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohrc.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/990612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohrc.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=991539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohrc.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=991539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohrc.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=991539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}