Hamad moves to set-up legal process to protect GCC Human Rights Abusers

HM the King’s Initiative to Set up an Arab Court for Human Rights Discussed
18 December, 2012 – Bahrain News Agency

Manama, Dec. 18. (BNA) – His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa’s initiative to establish an Arab Court for Human Rights, in order to consolidate human rights protection and keep abreast of the latest international developments in this regard, will today top the agenda of the third meeting of senior Arab legal and human rights experts, held at the headquarters of the Arab League in Cairo under the chairmanship of its Secretary-General Dr. Nabil Al-Arabi.

On the occasion, the Foreign Ministry’s Undersecretary for Regional and GCC Affairs Ambassador Hamad Ahmed Abdulaziz Al Amer asserted that HM the King’s initiative stems from a desire to develop the institutional framework of human rights in the region and address the shortcomings that exist in the Arab Charter on Human Rights, adding the court will bring about a quantum leap in the field of human rights protection in the Arab world and prevent foreign sides from using the human rights issue to harm Arab countries.

It is to be noted that the meeting is in line with the resolution issued by Arab League on March 10th, 2012 to set up an Arab Court for Human Rights.

The panel has held a number of meetings and will convene in Bahrain next month to discuss and approve the resolution and then submit their report to the next Arab Summit, to be hosted by Doha by the end of March, 2013. …source