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Permanent Committee for Human Rights Organizes Workshop on Developing National Action Plans

The Permanent Committee for Human Rights in the United Arab Emirates, in cooperation with the Regional Office for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Beirut, organized a four-day workshop in Abu Dhabi focusing on the role of national mechanisms for implementation, reporting, and follow-up, and on methods for developing national action plans to implement recommendations issued by international human rights mechanisms.

UAE Hosts First of its Kind High-Level Dialogue on Regional Human Rights Mechanisms

In a landmark effort to advance understanding and foster collaboration, the Permanent Committee for Human Rights (PCHR) in partnership with the Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy (AGDA), convened a high-level fireside chat, bringing together representatives from the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), the the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights as well as the Arab Charter Committee on Human Rights of the League of Arab States, under the theme “Regional Human Rights Mechanisms: Commonalities and Unique Perspectives”.  

UAE Hosts High-Level Dialogue on Business and Human Rights Due Diligence