OIC Human Rights Commission Holds Its 6th Session Next Week in Jeddah

Date: 30/10/2014

The Sixth Session of the OIC Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC) will be held from 1st to 6th November 2014 in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and will be attended by all OIC Member States and Observer States as well as Senior Officials of the OIC General Secretariat and media representatives. The Commission is expected to hold detailed discussions on all issues on its agenda, including the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights in OIC Member States as well as the situation in Jammu and Kashmir and of Muslim minorities in Myanmar and the Central African Republic. Besides the regular meetings of its four Working Groups on Palestine; Rights of Women and Child; Islamophobia and Muslim minorities; and the Right to Development, the Commission is also expected to discuss and adopt a decision on the draft framework for interaction with national human rights institutions (NHRIs) and Civil Society including NGOs. The Session will also have a thematic discussion on “Combating Extremism and Intolerance in Islam”, which will be deliberated upon by the Commission Members as well as OIC Member and Observer States. IPHRC is the principal organ of the OIC in the domain of human rights. It consists of 18 Members, who serve in their personal capacity in supporting Member States for the promotion and protection of human rights for all in an independent manner, in accordance with the OIC Charter and its Statute.

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