Qatar- Amir issues decision to reconstitute NHRC

(MENAFN- Gulf Times) His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani yesterday issued the Amiri Decision No 19 of 2019 on the reconstitution of the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC).
The decision stipulated that the NHRC shall be reconstituted as follows: Dr Ali Saeed Smaikh al-Marri, representative of civil society; Dr Mohammed Saif al-Kuwari, representative of civil society; Dr Yousef Mohammed al-Obaidan, representative of civil society; Dr Asma Abdullah Mohammed Attiyah, representative of civil society; Dr Abdulaziz Abdulqader al-Mughaiseeb, representative of civil society; Dr Ali Ahmed al-Kubaisi, representative of civil society; Fawaz Bakhit al-Jatal, representative of civil society; Amal Abdullatif al-Mannai, representative of civil society; Sultan Mubarak Khamis al-Abdullah, representative of civil society; Maryam Abdullah Ali al-Attiyah, representative of civil society; Abdullah Saqr al-Mohannadi, representative of the Ministry of Interior; Faisal Abdullah al-Hanzab, representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Salem Rashid al-Muraikhi, representative of the Ministry of Justice; and Mohamed Hassan al-Obaidli, representative of the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs.
The decision also provided that the committee would select chairman and vice-chairman from its members of representatives of civil society, and that the term of the committee would be three years, renewable for another period or periods.
The decision is effective starting from the date of issue and is to be published in the official gazette.

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