Qatar's NHRC and its airports management company sign cooperation agreement. They will use their expertise to promote and protect human rights.
Event Location
Qatar, Qatar
Start Time
06 June 2022, 12:00 AM
End Time
30 June 2022, 12:00 AM
The National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) and Matar, the Qatar Airports Management and Operation Company, have signed an expanded cooperation agreement. The two parties will use their capabilities and expertise to promote and protect human rights within their respective powers.
The agreement was signed by NHRC Chairman Her Excellency Maryam Bint Abdullah Al Attiyah and from Matar by its Chief Operations Officer Engineer Badr Mohammed Al Meer.
The areas of cooperation between the two parties include spreading the culture of human rights, promoting public awareness of human right principles and standards at HIA, supporting capacity building, sharing expertise in the field of human rights, planning and implementing joint programs and projects in the area of human right promotion and protection, and organizing conferences and training workshops and courses on relevant issues of common interest. The cooperation agreement stipulates the allocation of an office for the NHRC at HIA.
The agreement is in line with the legal nature of the NHRC as a national institution working based on the Paris Principles and aiming to enhance and protect human rights in Qatar pursuant to Decree-Law No. (17) of 2010.
The two parties will also organize awareness and art exhibitions at the award-winning airport. Matar and NHRC will have joint activities with human right bodies and international and regional organizations as relevant to HIA, train HIA employees on human right issues, and carry out any other activities of common interest that they may agree upon in the future.
Qatar NHRC Matar agreement