HE stressed that the State of Qatar, out of its legal, moral and humanitarian responsibilities, has supported various international efforts to counter the impunity of all perpetrators of violations and crimes in Syria. These efforts culminated in UN General Assembly Resolution 248/71 submitted by the Principality of Liechtenstein and the State of Qatar establishing the International Mechanism to assist in the investigation and prosecution of persons responsible for the most serious crimes committed in the Syrian since 2011, he added

At the UPR of Saudi Arabia, the State of Qatar's Delegation called on the Saudi Arabia to immediately lift the unilateral coercive measures imposed on the State of Qatar, to ensure that all Qatari citizens have the right to practice religious rites in Hajj and Umrah without any discrimination on the ground of their nationality and to remove all barriers placed in their way, to put an end to arbitrary detention, ensure the safety of detainees, and to reveal their place of detention and inform them of the charges against them, in addition to ensuring their right to access to justice and fair trial and the immediate release of all detainees without legal justification.

HE Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar in Geneva submitted to the Director General of WIPO Qatar's accession instrument to the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled.

HE Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar in Geneva has met today Wednesday 24 October 2018, with the High Commissioner for Human Rights and raised with her issues of common concern.

The State of Qatar expressed, before the Human Rights Council, its concern at the continuing instability and escalating fighting in Libya between the conflicting parties, which has resulted in numerous violations of international human rights and humanitarian law, the deterioration of humanitarian and economic conditions, the depletion of national wealth and the spread of terrorism.

In its speech at the 39th session of the Human Rights Council, the Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar in Geneva, expressed its deep concern about reported violations and crimes committed against the Yemeni people

In his statement at the general debate under item 9 on racism and racial discrimination, HE Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar in Geneva, pointed out to the decision of the ICJ which reaffirming hat the human rights violations committed the quartet against the State of Qatar

HE Mr. Ali Khalfan Al Mansouri, Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar in Geneva, and HE Mr. Michael Moller, Director General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, launched on 25 September 2018 renovation of Conference Room XIX at the Palais des Nations, based

HE Ambassador Ali Khalfan Al Mansouri, Qatar's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva underlined that failure to take appropriate measures to achieve criminal justice in Syria despite clear evidence of human rights violations, war crimes and crimes against humanity, documented by many UN reports, sent a signal that there was immunity and impunity for those responsible for these violations and crimes, which encouraged further violations and crimes against the Syrian people

In his statement at the 39th Session of the Human Rights Council on the Interactive Dialogue with Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, HE Ambassador Ali Khalfan Al Mansouri, Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the UN Office in Geneva, expressed the State of Qatar’s regret over the failure to reach an agreement on forming a constitutional committee in Syria