Awareness

In April 2020 Oman agreed to join the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, which defines “enforced…
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The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a process for periodically reviewing the human rights records of all the member states of the United Nations, and is currently the…
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Women’s sexual and reproductive health is related to multiple human rights Women’s sexual and reproductive rights are among the most taboo subjects in many Arab societies Oman is…
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    In December 2020, the Omani public were shocked to hear that a young Omani woman in the flower of her youth, Zuwaina al-Hinai, had committed suicide. The news…
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On June 26, the world observes the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. It marks the moment in 1987 when the UN Convention Against Torture…
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On 30 March 2021 the US State Department issued its annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for the calendar year 2020. We highlight here the main issues discussed…
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Today, the world celebrates International Domestic Workers Day. The issue of domestic workers is getting increasing attention in view of the precarious situation of female…
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“They monitor your social media; they monitor your phone calls, even your meetings with friends, just to be sure that you won’t go back to doing the activity you were detained…
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Can you can you criticise the person at the very top in politics without being arrested? Can you form a political party or engage in political activity without any legal…
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