National Human Rights Committee Chairperson meets UN Official

Doha, Qatar: National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) HE Chairperson Maryam bint Abdullah Al Attiyah met today in Doha with United Nations Development P...

Doha, Qatar: National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) HE Chairperson Maryam bint Abdullah Al Attiyah met today in Doha with United Nations Development Program (UNDP)'s Head of Rule of Law, Security, and Human Rights Katy Thompson.

In attendance was Head of UNDP Office in Doha Biplove Choudhary.

The NHRC said in a statement that the meeting discussed activating the partnership between the two sides, the possibility of enhancing regional cooperation, working to enhance the capacities of national human rights institutions to address human rights challenges, providing innovative digital solutions, and promoting discussions on digital rights to foster human rights monitoring, advocacy and education.

The statement explained that a tripartite coordination meeting was held between the NHRC, the Doha-based Arab Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ANNHRI), and the UNDP, during which the parties stressed the importance of continuing the partnership and benefiting from the State of Qatar's experience as a center for holding meetings and exchanging knowledge for national human rights institutions in the Arab region, with a focus on common priorities such as environmental rights, labor rights and gender equality, in addition to holding conferences in Doha on key topics to address global human rights issues, such as business and human rights, digital ethics and AI, and the intersection of human rights and climate justice.

It pointed out that the coordination meeting called for benefiting from the State of Qatar's participation in global human rights mechanisms to facilitate the exchange of strategic and technical knowledge for effective advocacy in the region, and working to establish a repository based in Doha for best practices and case studies.