NIHR's Civil and Political Rights Committee holds its 10th Ordinary Meeting
18 Apr 2016
The Civil and Political Rights Committee of the National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) held its 10th regular meeting under the chairpersonship of Mrs. Jamilah Ali Salman, and membership of Mr. Khalid Abdul-Aziz Al-Shaer.
During the meeting, the Committee completed its discussions on the recommendations of the Secretariat General in respect of both the proposal to amend Article (60) of the Child Law promulgated by the Decree-Law No. (37) of year 2012, and the proposal to amend some provisions of Law No. (23) of year 2014 promulgating the traffic law, which were referred to it by the Council of Representatives.
Moreover, the committee discussed the request referred to it by NIHR's Complaints, Monitoring and Follow-up Committee to consider the Law No. (18) of year 2014 promulgating the law of Institution of Reform and Rehabilitation and its executive regulation, leading eventually to setting controls and procedures for granting temporary permission to residents at the reform and rehabilitation centers to attend the funeral ceremonies of their relatives.
It is worth mentioning that the Civil and Political Rights Committee of the National Institution for Human Rights is one of the three permanent specific committees. Its scope of work relates to making recommendations and proposals in respect of all matters which help enhance and promote civil and political human rights, reviewing the legal guarantees for exercising these rights, following up on the implementation of relevant international convent
ions and treaties. The work of Committee also involves examining the compliance of legislative and regulatory texts with the regional and international treaties concerned with human rights issues, studying the legislations and laws in force in the Kingdom in relation to the civil and political rights, recommending the amendments it deems appropriate, giving opinion on whether they are compatible with internal human rights standards and providing the necessary recommendations. Moreover, the Committee is tasked with recommending new legislations in relation to human rights, along with contributing to the preparation of draft parallel reports which the Kingdom undertakes to submit periodically.
