Barran Press
Yemeni member of the Shura Council and Arab Parliament, Alwi Al-Basha, participated in the first meeting of the Arab Human Rights Observatory's Board of Trustees on Saturday, June 8th, 2024. The meeting took place in Cairo under the chairmanship of Arab Parliament President and Chairman of the Arab Human Rights Observatory's Board of Trustees, Adel Al-Asoumi.
Al-Basha, who also serves as the head of the Arab Parliament's Human Rights Committee, confirmed his support for the Arab Observatory's efforts to "serve human rights in the Arab world and engage in constructive and creative cooperation with the international community on human rights issues, as well as with relevant organizations, institutions, and entities."
Al-Basha's participation in the meeting was "at the kind direction of Mr. Adel Al-Asoumi, President of the Arab Parliament and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Arab Human Rights Observatory," according to a post on his X account.
The Arab Human Rights Observatory, launched by the Arab Parliament on February 22nd, 2021, aims to be a new Arab tool in the Arab human rights system. It seeks to monitor and document human rights conditions in Arab countries, support national efforts, and coordinate initiatives aimed at building a culture of respect for human rights, promoting them, defending them, and addressing obstacles within individual Arab countries and at the level of the Arab world as a whole.
The Observatory also undertakes the launch of the "Arab Human Rights Index," which serves as a conceptual and methodological framework for indicators that can be applied and contextualized at the national and Arab levels. The conceptual and methodological framework proposed by the Arab Parliament adopts a shared approach to identifying indicators for monitoring civil and political rights, as well as economic, social, and cultural rights.