DOHA: The Emir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Thursday issued an Emiri decision forming the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC).
The Emiri Decision No. 40 of 2015 stipulates that the committee chooses a president and vice president from its civil society representative members. The committee membership's term is a renewable three years.
The decision is operative as of the date of issue and is to be published in the official gazette, reports QNA.
The new NHRC committee comprises over a dozen members representing civil society and several government organizations.
Member include Dr Ali Said Samikh Al Marri, Dr Yousef Mohamed Obaidan Fakhro, Dr Mohamed Saif Al Kuwari, Dr Asmaa Abdullah Mohamed Al Attiyah, Judge Fawaz Bakhit Al Jattal, Dr Abdulaziz Abdulqader Al Mughaiseeb, Amal Abdullatif Al Mannai, Abdulrahman Mohamed Faisal Al Suwaidi, Mariam Abdullah Ali Al Attiyah (all representative of the civil society), Sheikh Khalid bin Jassim Al Thani (representative of the Foreign Ministry), Abdullah Saqr Al Mohannadi (representative of the Ministry of Interior), Mohamed Hassan Al Obaidly (representative of the Ministry of Justice), and Saleh Said Hamad Al Shawi (representative of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs).
The Peninsula
