Rights
Doha, March 19 - The National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) carried out the first event of its "Together We Work" campaign. The event took place at workers' health centers in cooperation with Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS). T..
The National Human Rights Committee (NHRC), in cooperation with the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies (DI), held a symposium entitled "The Right to a Healthy, Sound and Sustainable Environment in the State of Qatar." The organization o..
March 14 - Ukraine on Monday urged the Council of Europe, a European body designed to uphold human rights and the rule of law across the continent, to expel Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. The Council of Europe, which is separate from th..
The Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) chose Chairman of the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) Maryam bint Abdullah Al Attiyah as President of GANHRI for the next three years, succeeding Dr. Carlos Alfonso Negret. ..
The activities of a 5-day "Human Rights and Football" exhibition, organized by the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC), have started today, in cooperation with the Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar to the United Nations in Geneva, ..
The Qatar National Commission for Education, Culture and Science has organized, in conjunction with the Social Sciences Department at Qatar University's Faculty of Arts and Science, the second virtual meeting on human rights under the title "..
The new UAE Labour Law – Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021 Regulating Labour Relations – will be coming into effect from February 2, 2022 and a sub-section in the new law titled ‘Penalties’ deals with the fines and likely jail..
Japan's parliament on Tuesday adopted a resolution on the "serious human rights situation" in China, and called Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government to take steps to relieve the situation, as the Beijing Winter Olympics loom ju..
Pope Francis said on Friday that spreading fake news and disinformation on COVID-19 and vaccines, including by Catholic media, is a violation of human rights. It was the second time in less than month that the 85-year-old pope has spoken out on th..
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