Two reports on Saudi and Emirati violations will be released soon Al-Marri calls on UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to visit the region to investigate the impact of the blockade

– Al Marri calls on the High Commissioner to send a technical mission to the blockading states to investigate the repercussions of their violations of the rights of citizens and residents of Qatar

– The NHRC will issue a report on the UAE failure to implement the order of the International Court of Justice and a report on the continuation of Saudi violations against citizens and residents in Qatar soon

– Reports will be sent to all relevant regional and international organizations and bodies

– The blockading states continue to ignore all international reports and calls, as well as the decisions of the international judicial bodies to stop discriminatory measures.

– The blockading states issue false reports in an attempt to evade their responsibilities for the human rights violations resulting from the blockade

– The blockading states should recognize their violations and open their doors to the mission of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to investigate the repercussions of the crisis on the citizens and residents of Qatar and citizens of the blockading countries

Geneva, September 17, 2019

Dr. Ali bin Smaikh Al Marri, Chairman of the National Human Rights Committee, called on the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, to visit Qatar and the countries of the blockade to find out the repercussions of the violations resulting from the blockade of Qatar. The blockade states to investigate the effects of the crisis, especially Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which continue to be intransigent, and attempt to mislead public opinion, and deny their violations of the rights of citizens and residents of Qatar.

Dr. Ali bin Smaikh Al Marri confirmed that the NHRC will issue a report on the UAE’s failure to implement the International Court of Justice’s order for the second year, as well as another report on the continuation of Saudi violations against citizens and residents in Qatar, and the reports will be sent to all relevant regional and international organizations and bodies.
This came on the occasion of a series of meetings held by HE Dr. Al Marri in Geneva, with HE Michel Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, HE Ambassador Cole Sick, President of the Human Rights Council, and HE Walter Stevens, Head of the European Mission in Geneva .

During his discussions with the three officials, Dr. Ali bin Samikh Al Marri gave a briefing on the repercussions of the crisis of the blockade of Qatar, in its third year, and all legal and quasi-judicial efforts and measures taken by the National Human Rights Committee to defend the rights of victims and redress them.

Al Marri also commended the efforts made by international human rights organizations to expose the violations of the blockading states, particularly the report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the orders of the International Criminal Court, the Civil Aviation Organization and the World Trade Organization, which condemned the discriminatory actions of the blockading states, leading to the decision of the committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. In response to officials ‘inquiries about developments in the Gulf crisis, Dr. Al Marri stressed that “the humanitarian crisis has worsened, and there are no indications on the horizon of the siege states’ readiness to stop the suffering of citizens and residents in Qatar and the Gulf countries, especially victims of family dispersal. Dr. Al Marri stressed that the blockading states continue to ignore all international reports and calls, as well as the decisions of the international judicial bodies to stop the discriminatory measures in a flagrant violation of international laws and covenants.

In his meeting with HE Mrs. Michelle Bachelet, HE Dr. Ali bin Smaikh Al Marri praised the efforts of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights since the beginning of the blockade crisis and the various reports condemning the violations against citizens and residents of Qatar, noting that despite all these international reports and calls, the blockading states continue to ignore them and deliberately issue false reports to evade their responsibilities for violations of human rights, such as the statement issued by the Saudi authorities to mislead public opinion rather than respecting the resolutions of international bodies and opening their doors to the mission of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to investigate the repercussions of the crisis on citizens and residents of Qatar and citizens of the blockading countries who have been affected by violations of their fundamental rights, in particular the right to movement, residence, property, Treatment, education, and performance of religious rituals (Hajj and Umrah); leading to continued forced arbitrary arrests and detention of Qatari citizens by the Saudi authorities.

On the other hand, Al Marri appreciated the cooperation between the National Human Rights Committee and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, calling for building on the achievements and successes achieved in the past period, especially the success of the international conference organized by the Committee in cooperation with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the European Parliament to combat impunity. Dr. Al-Marri discussed with Ms. Michelle Bachelet the establishment of a mechanism between the National Human Rights Committee, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the European Parliament to implement the recommendations of the first conference of its kind in the Middle East. At the end of the meeting, Dr. Al Marri invited the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to visit the State of Qatar and the region to investigate the repercussions of the blockade imposed on Qatar, and called on dispatching a technical mission to the blockading states to investigate the impact of the crisis, especially to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which continue to deny its violations and try to mislead the world opinion and falsify the facts.

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