The 2024-2030 Strategic Plan of National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) will definitely introduce many opportunities and benefits, the most prominent of which is to mobilize, attract and coordinate roles and functions in the committee in a way that makes it more firmly-established and more effective in implementing its programmes and achieving its goals. The plan facilitates the dealings of the parties concerned, inside and outside the country, with the committee, including civil society organizations, stakeholders, relevant governmental institutions, as well as international organizations concerned with human rights (UN and non-governmental), given the clarity of the NHRC’s vision and its work philosophy. NHRC has become a center of influence and a model to be emulated in the work of national human rights institutions, in the Gulf, Arab and international arenas, in light of its achievements and best practices, in addition to its commitment to the principles of independence, transparency and pluralism. The National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) yesterday launched its 3rd Strategic Plan of 2024-2030 with a wide range of multi-faceted programmes to safeguard the rights of people in a ceremony in Doha. Addressing the event, Chairperson of the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) H E Maryam bint Abdullah Al Attiyah said that the Strategic Plan includes a number of programmes, projects and initiatives, whether legal, advisory, cultural, social or supervisory, or at the level of protecting the rights of priority groups and affected persons, or those related to partnerships and support for civil society organisations. She said that it also aims at developing institutional and individual performance reinforced by clear performance indicators in a context that positions the committee as a force for proposal, development, monitoring and evaluation, supporting and complementing the national effort in the field of human rights, keeping pace with human rights changes and developments at the local, regional and international levels. The Committee’s performance would not have risen to this high position had it not always been guided by the principles of modern management and strategic planning, which essentially means “predicting the future” and preparing for it with calculated steps, far from spontaneity, chance, and immediacy. Recently, an inaugural dialogue ‘Business and Human Rights in Arab Region’ under the theme ‘Charting the Course for Responsible Business Practices in the Arab Region’ was also hosted by NHRC. The two-day event aimed at raising awareness of governments’ duties and businesses’ responsibilities under the UN Guiding Principle on Businesses and Human Rights (UNGPs). Last month, NHRC also organised a conference on ‘Protecting Children and Other Vulnerable Groups in Times of War and Migration’ in cooperation with The European Ombudsman Institute (EOI).
