NHRC announces conference on international solidarity

The National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) and the Doha-based Arab Network for National Human Rights Institutions, announced an international conference on the international solidarity and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development — Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, to be held in Cairo on Feb 27-28.

The conference will be held in co-operation with the National Council for Human Rights in Egypt, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the UN Development Programme (UNDP), and the General Secretariat of the Arab League, in the presence of experts and representatives of all 15 national human rights institutions members of the Arab Network, the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions and other rights bodies and those concerned in human rights, and parliamentary and civil society affairs.HE Chairperson of the NHRC and President of the Arab Network for National Human Rights Institutions, Maryam bint Abdullah al-Attiyah, said the conference will discuss the issue of international solidarity and its relationship to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and the centrality of Goal 16, and the relevant measures related to the promotion of human rights and the role of national institutions in this regard.HE the NHRC Chairperson looked forward for the conference to come out with recommendations and an action plan to be followed up; and to form a working group of regulators and relevant stakeholders to achieve this. She said that the action plan and the recommendations that will be issued by the conference would serve as a compass to guide national human rights institutions and promote their role to assume their responsibilities, in order to follow up and implement the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.HE the NHRC Chairperson noted added that the conference is expected to achieve a package of goals related to strengthening the role of national human rights institutions and enabling them to implement and follow up on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, encouraging international co-operation and solidarity to activate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda of Sustainable Development, as well as encouraging the government sector to integrate with stakeholders and to adopt an approach that includes the whole of society, thus accelerating the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.She reviewed the conference program and agenda, and the expected outcomes, including identifying opportunities for national human rights institutions to cooperate at the national and international levels in the follow-up and implementation of Sustainable Development Goals, capacity-building, governance, human rights-based approaches, and other relevant outcomes. (QNA)