17 Mar OMAN: Human Rights Violations Reduced Through Education
According to a report in the Times of Oman Human Rights reports received by the Oman Human Rights Commission declined by 50% in 2017. The report states that, “The commission received just 19 complaints in 2017, compared to 40 in 2016, with most related to the rights of residency, citizenship, personal freedom and work. Ahmed Al Rashdi, Director of the Monitoring and Complaints Department credits educational programs for much of the improvement, stating, “the commission … implemented a number of awareness and educational programmes to raise awareness of the community over national mechanisms through which rights are guaranteed by law.”
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