IHCHR event to mark International Human Rights Day

UNAMI Human Rights Office participated in an event organized by the Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights (IHCHR), to commemorate the 76th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  The event was held under the auspices of the Minister of Justice Dr. Khaled Shawani, and in the presence of the representative of the President of the Republic, Counselor Miqdad Al-Sharifi, the Prime Minister’s Human Rights Advisor, Dr. Zidan Khalaf Al-Atwani, and the Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Human Rights Committee, Dr. Wahda Al-Jumaili, as well as representatives of government institutions, members of the diplomatic community and representatives of civil society. Speaking at the event, Mr Rupert White, Acting Head of UNAMI Human Rights Office, emphasized that “the principles outlined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights have real-life relevance and play an essential role as a preventive, protective and transformative force to change the life of all Iraqis for the better.”