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Parliament votes on the Human Rights Commission this week
On: Sun 11/03/2012 10:25
Baghdad / range
announced by the Committee of Experts of parliamentary responsible for the formation of a commission for human rights in Iraq, Saturday, announced that it will complete the selection of members of the Board of Commissioners will be presented to the House of Representatives for a vote this week, confirmed that a meeting of the Committee will be held on Sunday attended by representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in Iraq and the President of the House of Representatives.
And launched the third phase and final selection of the Human Rights Commission on the sixth of last month in order to reach the number you select in the law, 11 candidates, in addition to the three candidates reserves.
and chose the Committee of Experts of Deputies in the second phase of 162 candidates from the applicants for membership of 3085, ahead according to the criteria efficiency, integrity and professionalism, according to the Committee.
said committee member longings dry, told the Kurdish news agency that "the Committee of Experts parliamentary charged with choosing the Office of Human Rights will be held on Sunday a meeting attended by representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in Iraq, Martin Kobler, House Speaker Osama Najafi," indicating that "the The meeting will discuss the representation of minorities and women in accordance with the law. "
explained dry that "the members of the Committee of Experts was supposed to deliver their assessments all last week, but there are some people did not deliver assessment," noting that "the Committee of Experts of the supposed end of the nomination of members of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and lift them to House of Representatives to vote for approval this week. "
The House of Representatives early next week holiday legislature approved in the Iraqi constitution for two months.
and declared the House of Representatives earlier in the opening of nominations to the Office of Independent Human Rights and end of introduction, at the end of April. Under the Human Rights Commission Act, passed by the Iraqi Council of Representatives that the need for the Board of Commissioners is composed of 11 members, with the third of the seats occupied by women. The Commission on Human Rights in the Iraqi parliament has revealed that the number of applicants for the position of member of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Iraq has reached 3085 ahead.
and placed the Committee of Experts, composed of 15 members, including eight of the House of Representatives criteria including that "the age of the applicant 35 years and above and should not be covered by the procedures of accountability and justice, as well as Applicants must be holders of certificates and The efficient and professional in the field of human rights.
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