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Activities & Events
Muscat International Book Fair
explaining the rights of different
groups of society. The Commission,
in addition, responded to
inquiries of visitors related to its
functions, clarified the various
legal aspects related to their
issues, and displayed films that
the Commission had produced
during the past years.
The Commission, in the activities
of the Muscat International Book
Fair for the year 2020, the participated
through specialized work
teams, and a plan that included a
set of activities, events and works
distributed throughout the exhibition
period.
The Commission's work teams
received visitors to the exhibition
through the its standing corner,
distributed the its publications to
introduce human rights, which
clarify the rights of different
groups of society, responded to
visitors’ inquiries related to the
Commission's mandate and clarified
various legal aspects related
to their issues.
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Explaining the mission of
the Omani Commission and
its terms of reference to the
visitors of the exhibition
Through the standing corner in
the book fair, the Commission's
work teams clarified its mission,
terms of reference, nature of its
work, its relationship with regional
and international organizations,
means and methods of submitting
communications, and its role
in responding to what foreign
organizations and governments
raise on issues related to human
rights in the Sultanate. The teams
also distributed the annual
reports of the Commission that
provide a summary of what has
happened in the field of human
rights in the Sultanate, where the
Commission had already designated
working groups that included
a number of jurists, employees
from monitoring and receiving
communications, and specialists
in awareness, education and
media. Participation in the book
fair further included the distribution
of the Commission's publications
that comprised brochures,
leaflets, and publications on
knowledge of human rights,
As part of its participation in the
exhibition, the Commission, as
well, held a webinar on the mechanisms
of monitoring and receiving
communications in the Sultanate,
including an explanation of
the nature of its work and its
terms of reference, the development
of the monitoring mechanism
and receiving the communications
it adopts, in addition to
the human rights awareness and
education programs it implements.
The Commission also organized
events for children at the Children's
Theater Corner as part of
cultural activation for the child at
the Muscat International Book
Fair. The functions included a
number of competitions and
activities for children, a coloring
drawing place, in addition to a
reading paragraph from the Commission's
booklets targeting
children.
Issuances and Publications
on Law:
In January 2020, the Oman Commission
for Human Rights issued
the book “Man in the Thought of
the Sultan”, which came in gratitude
to the late Sultan and in
recognition of the march of His
Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Saeed
- may God rest his soul in peacewho
used the bulk of his thought
and effort to serve man and
humanity.
The book came through different
chapters to document what His