Rida Murad represents Lebanon at Arab Human Rights Committee

Rida Nadim Murad was elected to represent Lebanon at the Arab Human Rights Committee (the Charter commission ACHR) of the League of Arab States. Backed by foreign minister, Jibran Bassil, Murad won by a majority of 10 votes out of the 12 participating states. Her victory dubbed as a gift to Lebanese women reflects Bassil’s conviction in their leading role and in their capacity to present their country at various platforms. It should be noted, that Lebanon’s permanent representative at the Arab League, Antoine Azzam, who has partaken yesterday in the elections at the General Secretariat, lauded the role of the commission in formulating laws related to women and child’s rights in the Arab World. (An Nahar, April 4, 2017)