[10/03/2024 01:39]
ADEN-SABA
Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council issued Sunday the Decree No. (80) for the year 2024, regarding the restructuring of the Supreme Committee for the Care of Prisoners and Assistance to the Indebted.
The decree defines also the tasks and duties of the committee.
Article 1 of the decree stipulated on the restructuring of the Supreme Committee for the Care of Prisoners and Assistance to the Indebted, under the Chairmanship of Member of the Presidential Leadership Council Abdulrahman Abu Zar'ah al-Maharami and the Chief the Supreme Court, as Deputy for the Committee, and membership of the Director of the Presidential Office, the Ministers of Interior, Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Education, Public Health and Population, Finance, Endowments and Guidance, Higher Education and Scientific Research, Technical Education and Vocational Training, the Attorney General, and the Chairman of Prisons Authority.
Article 2 of the Decree stated that the Committee shall include two members from the private sector, to be added by a decree issued by its chairman.
Article 3 stipulated that the Committee shall undertake the following tasks:
- Taking the necessary measures to reform prisons and rehabilitate prisoners in all central correctional facilities in the liberated provinces.
- Monitoring the conditions of prisoners and pretrial detainees, and the extent of compliance of relevant authorities with the applicable laws.
- Working to take the necessary measures to collect financial aid for indebted prisoners and determining the mechanisms for their distribution according to the criteria adopted by the Committee.
- Monitoring the procedures aimed at reducing any violations of the rights of prisoners and pretrial detainees.
- Adopting policies, plans, and strategies necessary for the reform and improvement of prison conditions, benefiting from successful international experiences and working in accordance with international principles and standards related to the rights of prisoners, in coordination with relevant authorities.
- Working to enhance the capabilities and institutional capacity of prison staff in coordination with the concerned entities, with the Committee having its own internal regulations that define all its organizational aspects, to be issued by a decision of the Committee's chairman after the Committee's approval.
Article 4, the final article of this decree, states that it shall be effective from the date of its issuance and must be published in the State Gazette.
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