Doha, 22 Feb. 2022 (QNA)

The National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) and the Doha-based Arab Network for National Human Rights Institutions (ANHRI) announced holding of international conference on the international solidarity and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, to be held in Cairo on Feb. 27 and 28.

The conference will be held in cooperation with National Council for Human Rights in Egypt; Office of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR); United Nations Development Program (UNDP); and General Secretariat of the League of Arab States.

Experts and representatives of all 15 national human rights institutions members of the Arab Network, the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions,  civil society bodies, etc. will be participating.

Maryam bint Abdullah Al Attiyah, Chairperson of NHRC Qatar and President of ANNHRI said the conference will discuss the issue of international solidarity and its relationship to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and the centrality of Goal 16. Discussions on relevant measures related to the promotion of human rights and the role of national institutions will also take place.

She looks forward for recommendations and an action plan from the conference to be followed up; and to form a working group of regulators and relevant stakeholders to achieve this. The recommendations issued by the conference would serve as a compass to guide national human rights institutions and promote their role to assume their responsibilities for achieving 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

NHRC Qatar Chairperson noted that these recommendations will also encourage government sector to integrate with stakeholders and to adopt an approach that includes the whole of society, thus accelerating the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. Moreover, expected conference out come will help in identifying opportunities for national human rights institutions to cooperate at the national and international levels,  in the follow-up and implementation of Sustainable Development Goals, capacity-building, governance and human rights-based approaches.