Chairman of Qatar’s National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) Dr Ali bin Smaikh al-Marri met in Geneva yesterday with president of the UN Human Rights Council Joaquin Alexander Maza Martelli.
During the meeting, they discussed the latest reports on the siege imposed on Qatar over 100 days ago.
The talks dealt with the human rights violations against the people of Qatar as a result of the siege, which affect the core human rights principles and all international legislations and conventions.
Dr al-Marri also gave briefed Martelli about the complaints received by the National Human Rights Committee from citizens and residents in Qatar, most of which concerned human rights violations such as stripping off family, attacking personal property of Qataris in the siege countries and depriving Qatari students of completing their education in the universities of the siege countries.
The NHRC chief called on the president of the Human Rights Council to inform members of the Council of the extent of the suffering as a result of the siege, especially families and students, and called on the Council to shoulder its responsibility to redress the issues.
The NHRC chairman also met with co-ordinator of the African Group at the Council Walid Dodash, representative of the Global Alliance for National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) Katharina Rose, and the permanent commissioner of France in Geneva.