OHRC deals with 523 issues in 2023
Published: 06:05 PM,May 19,2024 | EDITED : 10:05 PM,May 19,2024
Muscat, May 19
Oman Human Rights Commission (OHRC) handled 523 issues and reports during 2023 while it helped settle and resolve the issues in coordination with the departments concerned. It offered legal opinion to the parties that reported the issues and advised them to follow up with the relevant authorities.
The OHRC received 65 reports pertaining to civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, in addition to reports on environmental and development affairs.
From the point of view of human rights, the commission offered opinion to citizens and residents on a total of 458 reports, and advised them how to get the issues resolved in coordination with other departments.
It also made field visits to the Central Prison and detention centres where it checked the conditions of inmates and detainees and studied their workplaces.
The OHRC valued the recent Royal orders issued in 2023 granting pardon to 864 inmates, both citizens and expatriates, noting that the Royal orders had a positive impact on the social life of the discharged inmates and their families.
In remarks to the Observer, the official from OHRC stated that the the committee also indicates that it has submitted its recommendations to the Supreme Council of His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik which included important topics that contribute to advancing the human rights process towards further progress and prosperity. It urged the government to join some international conventions and treaties concerned with human rights.
'The recommendations also relate to topics concerned with the rights of persons with disabilities and those on the autism spectrum from legislative aspects and aspects of health, therapeutic and educational services provided to them, in addition to topics related to making some legislative amendments to the applicable laws,' the official said.
The OHRC also took note of reports issued by international governmental and non-governmental bodies on the human rights situation in the Sultanate of Oman. It received fact-finding questionnaires from United Nations special rapporteurs and coordinated with parties concerned on measures to verify the reports and respond to them.
The committee is drafting an annual report on the efforts and activities it is undertaking, the issues it has resolved and the specialties entrusted to it within the context of its mandate to protect and promote human rights in the Sultanate of Oman.
Oman Human Rights Commission (OHRC) handled 523 issues and reports during 2023 while it helped settle and resolve the issues in coordination with the departments concerned. It offered legal opinion to the parties that reported the issues and advised them to follow up with the relevant authorities.
The OHRC received 65 reports pertaining to civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, in addition to reports on environmental and development affairs.
From the point of view of human rights, the commission offered opinion to citizens and residents on a total of 458 reports, and advised them how to get the issues resolved in coordination with other departments.
It also made field visits to the Central Prison and detention centres where it checked the conditions of inmates and detainees and studied their workplaces.
The OHRC valued the recent Royal orders issued in 2023 granting pardon to 864 inmates, both citizens and expatriates, noting that the Royal orders had a positive impact on the social life of the discharged inmates and their families.
In remarks to the Observer, the official from OHRC stated that the the committee also indicates that it has submitted its recommendations to the Supreme Council of His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik which included important topics that contribute to advancing the human rights process towards further progress and prosperity. It urged the government to join some international conventions and treaties concerned with human rights.
'The recommendations also relate to topics concerned with the rights of persons with disabilities and those on the autism spectrum from legislative aspects and aspects of health, therapeutic and educational services provided to them, in addition to topics related to making some legislative amendments to the applicable laws,' the official said.
The OHRC also took note of reports issued by international governmental and non-governmental bodies on the human rights situation in the Sultanate of Oman. It received fact-finding questionnaires from United Nations special rapporteurs and coordinated with parties concerned on measures to verify the reports and respond to them.
The committee is drafting an annual report on the efforts and activities it is undertaking, the issues it has resolved and the specialties entrusted to it within the context of its mandate to protect and promote human rights in the Sultanate of Oman.