On Tuesday, 30/1/1435 AH, a delegation of the heads of the governmental agencies concerned with human rights of the  Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (CCASG) has visited the National Society for Human Rights and was met by His Excellency the Chairman of the National Society for Human Rights , Dr. Mufleh Bin Rabiean Qahtani , and a number of the Society’s members. In the beginning of the meeting, the Chairman of the Society has presented an  explanation about the Society, its mechanism, activities , tasks and challenges that are facing the Gulf Cooperation Council in the field of human rights. In addition, The visiting delegation has raised many questions regarding the role of the Society and its activities. The Chairman of the Society has also talked about the importance of a common gulf stance by the concerned authorities in the GCC toward the criticism against the gulf  countries in the field of human rights and the content of some of these reports which may contain inaccurate information or may be interspersed with political objectives. He also pointed out that the legal mechanism in the Kingdom is based on the provisions of the Islamic Sharia as the common law in the country and the issue of regulations and legislation that organize some fields. The visiting delegation has thanked the Presidency of the Society and its members for the warm reception.

The meeting was attended, from the Society’s side, by: the supervisor of the Society in the Eastern Region Branch, Dr. Abdul Jalil Al Seif and the Secretary-General –designate, the Chancellor Khalid bin Abdul Rahman al-Fakhiri, the Society’s member Dr. Ibrahim Suleiman and the Secretary of the Chairman of the Society, Mr. Ahmed bin Mohammed Al-Mahmoud.