04/09/2019
Introduction
The Regional Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for the Middle East and North Africa and the National Council for Human Rights will co-organize the Conference on Defining and Criminalizing Torture in Legislation in the Arab Region (here and after the Conference). The Conference will be organised in Ca...
06/08/2019
Under the Patronage of the President of the Council of Ministers H.E. Mr. Saad Hariri, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for the Middle East and North Africa (OHCHR-MENA) celebrated International Youth Day in a Seminar on “Political Participation and Decision Making” on Tuesday 6 August 2019 at ESCWA, UN House, Beirut.
Ms. Rou...
28/07/2019
Cairo, 29 July 2019. The Secretariat General of the League of Arab States in collaboration with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights organized the third Arab regional conference on the protection and promotion of human rights entitled "The Impact of Occupation and Armed Conflict on Human Rights in Specific Women and Children Rights”...
08/07/2019
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for the Middle East and North Africa organized, in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Human Rights Directorate in Lebanese General Security two training workshops for General security personnel on human rights and international instruments and principles...
27/05/2019
Beirut- Monday 27 May 2019- The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for the Middle East and North Africa (OHCHR-MENA) held today a panel discussion on the implementation of Lebanon’s Law No. 105 for the Missing and Forcibly Disappeared.
In May 2018, the United Nations Human Rights Committee recommended in its Concluding Observations...
03/05/2019
On World Press Freedom Day, celebrated every year 3 May 2019, the office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the MENA region launched the “Beirut Affirmation” developed during the Freedom of Expression workshop held on Friday 1 March 2019.
The “Beirut Affirmation” is a set of recommendations raised by the participants of the a...
15/04/2019
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for the Middle East and North Africa (OHCHR-MENA) inaugurated a discussion forum for the members of the national mechanism for reporting and follow up (NMRF) in preparation for the submission of Lebanon to the third cycle of the Universal Periodic Review in 2020.
The forum was ina...
08/03/2019
On the occasion of the International Women’s Day 2019, the Regional Office for Human Rights for the MENA region launched a campaign under the theme: Giving my nationality to my son/ daughter / spouse is my right.
Many Arab countries have guaranteed equal rights between men and women with regard to nationality. If married...
07/03/2019
“Children with disabilities are among the most likely to be left behind and the least likely to be heard. I urge States to empower them through inclusive education” UN Human Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet discussing the rights of Child at the Human Rights Council 40..
Children with disabilities have a greater risk of experien...
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