NIHR’s Committee on Civil and Political Rights Convenes its 1st Regular Meeting
11 May 2017
The National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR)’s Committee on Civil and Political Rights convened its 1st regular meeting under the chairpersonship of Dr. Badr Mohamed Adel. Present were Committee members Mr. Ahmed Mahdi Al-Haddad and Mrs. Wedad Radhi Al Mousawi. The Committee reviewed the terms of reference assigned to the Committee under the executive regulation on the organization and action of the NIHR and discussed the most important achievements recently made by the Committee.
In a related context, the Committee considered the request for opinion referred to it by the Council of Representatives regarding the draft law to amend some of the provisions of the Panel Code issued by Decree – Law No. (17) of 1976, where it decided to consider it during the next Committee meeting for further study and review.
Moreover, the Committee agreed on NIHR’s opinions on the development of an information plan to spread the culture of the right to peaceful assembly, in light of the proposal referred to it by the Council of Representatives.
