Saudi Government Agencies to Have Human Rights Liaison Officer

FILE PHOTO: View shows the King Abdullah Financial District, north of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser
FILE PHOTO: View shows the King Abdullah Financial District, north of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser
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Saudi Government Agencies to Have Human Rights Liaison Officer

FILE PHOTO: View shows the King Abdullah Financial District, north of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser
FILE PHOTO: View shows the King Abdullah Financial District, north of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser

The Saudi government has approved a number of human rights positions assigned to legal departments within state agencies.

According to the new decision, every department will now have a human rights liaison officer to follow up on complaints received by the relevant human rights committees.

The officer will also assume a number of duties, including raising awareness on human rights within state departments, holding training activities, issuing visual materials and publications, in close coordination with the Saudi Human Rights Commission.

The liaison officer will also monitor the good implementation of human rights treaties which Saudi Arabia is party to, and keep pace with the recommendations and directives issued by the relevant international and UN bodies on human rights mechanisms.

Other tasks include disclosing violations against human rights within the state entities, notifying the relevant authority to take the necessary measures to address them, and building advanced databases for the administration in the relevant authorities to provide statistical data, in coordination with the Human Rights Commission.



Egypt’s Sisi in Kuwait for Second Leg of Regional Tour

Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Kuwait airport, Kuwait, April 14, 2025. (KUNA)
Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Kuwait airport, Kuwait, April 14, 2025. (KUNA)
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Egypt’s Sisi in Kuwait for Second Leg of Regional Tour

Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Kuwait airport, Kuwait, April 14, 2025. (KUNA)
Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Kuwait airport, Kuwait, April 14, 2025. (KUNA)

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi arrived in Kuwait on Monday, the second stop of a tour of the region that he kicked off in Qatar.

He was received upon his arrival by Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, and acting Prime Minister Sheikh Fahad Yousef Saud Al-Sabah.

A number of Kuwaiti warplanes escorted Sisi's aircraft upon its entry into Kuwaiti airspace, said the Egyptian presidency in a statement.

This is Sisi's second visit to Kuwait since he came to office in 2014. His first was in 2015 when he met with late Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.

The Egyptian leader had concluded an official visit to Qatar on Monday where he met with Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani.

Qatari and Egyptian delegations held expanded talks and Sisi and Sheikh Tamim also held bilateral discussions, said an Egyptian presidency spokesman.

The meeting between the leaders focused on the war on Gaza, efforts to tackle the humanitarian crisis there, and the prisoner and hostage swap.

They reiterated their categorical rejection of the displacement of Palestinians from their territories, stressing the need to back the Arab plan on Gaza's reconstruction that ensures that the people remain on their land.

Sisi and Sheikh Tamim also reviewed other regional developments, including the situations in Syria, Lebanon and Sudan.