Arab Commission For Human Rights Blasts Israeli Crime Of Genocide

(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) CAIRO, March 24 (KUNA) -- President of the Arab Commission for Human Rights Talal Al-Mutairi denounced the Israeli occupation forces' aggression on the besieged Palestinian people in Gaza Strip as "a complete crime of genocide."
The Israeli occupation forces' cutting off of the food supplies to the Palestinians in Gaza is a despicable crime, he said in a speech to celebration to mark Arab Human Rights Day 2025 in Cairo on Monday.
The event, hosted by the Egyptian National Council for Human Rights in cooperation with the Arab Charter Committee on Human Rights, was held under the theme of "the right to food."
"The criminal acts of the Israeli occupation undermine the entire international human rights system we have founded over the last decades," Ambassador Al-Mutairi said.
Urging the international community to help address the crisis in Gaza and the flaw in the international human rights system, he said, "otherwise we wouldn't be able to make remedy for their consequences in the short run."
On the theme of the event, Ambassador Al-Mutairi said the right to food in inseparable from the rest of human rights, adding, "It is an integral part of the rights to life, to health and to development."
"A hungry human being can never feel dignity and a community lacking food security can never ensure stability and progress," he argued.
Dealing with the human rights situations in the Arab region, he urged all parties to translate into action the spirit of the Arab Charter on Human Rights which provides a legal framework and basic point of reference.
On his part, President of the Arab League's Arab Charter Committee on Human Rights Jaber Al-Marri said the Charter is "the cornerstone of our legal and moral commitment to strengthening human rights in the region."
He highlighted the roles of national committees in protecting human rights on the regional level, including the efforts of the Arab Network for National Human Rights Institutions (ANNHRIs) in this regard.
Beside Ambassador Al-Mutairi and Counsellor Al-Marri, speakers at the event included President of the Egyptian National Council for Human Rights Moshira Khattab, ANNHRIs' Secretary-General Sultan Al-Jamali and Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Legislative and Legal Affairs of the Arab Parliament Olwi Al-Basha. (end)
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