From 8 to 10 March 2022 members of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANNHRI) gathered for this year\u2019s online annual meeting. With its more than 110 members, including our institution, GANNHRI is the world\u2019s largest network of NHRIs.<\/p>\n
The event commenced with the meeting of the Bureau, GANNHRI\u2019s managing body, attended, for the last time in her second mandate as its member, by Ombudswoman \u0160imonovi\u0107 Einwalter. Reacting to the situation in Ukraine following the Russian aggression, all Bureau members expressed solidarity and support to Ukrainian Parliament\u2019s Human Rights Commissioner Lyudmyla Denisova.<\/p>\n
At the General Assembly, held on the event\u2019s second day, activity and progress reports as well as the 2022 activity plan were discussed and adopted. Head of Qatar\u2019s National Human Rights Institution Maryam Abdullah Al Attiyah was elected as the new GANNHRI Chair, while head of Moroccan NHRI Amina Bouayach will be taking over the post of the network\u2019s Secretary. Albanian, Bulgarian, Finnish and Norwegian NHRIs were ratified as the new Bureau members from the European region.<\/p>\n
The General Assembly was addressed by Ukrainian Human Rights Commissioner Denisova, who thanked the members for the support extended both to her as well as to the people of Ukraine and shared the experiences from the field related to the protection of the human rights of the persons affected by the war in her country.<\/p>\n
Shaharzad Akbar, representative of the Human Rights Commission of Afghanistan, addressed the delegates as well, speaking about the especially difficult working conditions for its employees.<\/p>\n
Taking into account the fact that the digitalization of the societies worldwide, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the use of the digital technologies in everyday life significantly affect the realization of the citizens\u2019 human rights as well as the functioning of the human rights institutions, the last day of the meeting was dedicated to the exchange of NHRI\u2019s experiences and good practices on the topic of human rights protection in the digital era.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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