FOUNDER

Dr.Hadi Bin Ali Muhammed Al-Yami

Qualifications
Practical life
Memberships of Councils and Committees
Seminars, Conferences and Participations
Publications and Research
Qualifications

• PHD in Law – Faculty of Law, Cairo University – with an excellent grade.
• Master of Laws – Faculty of Law, Cairo University – with an excellent grade.
• Bachelor of Law – College of Law and Political Science – King Saud University

Practical life

• Currently a member of the Shura Council for the eighth session 1442 AH.
• Member of the Shura Council for the seventh session of 1438 AH.
• Chairman of the Human Rights and Oversight Bodies Committee for the first Shura year of the eighth session.
• Chairman of the Committee on Human Rights and Oversight Bodies of the Shura Council for the third and fourth Shura year of the seventh session.
• Member of the Islamic and Judicial Affairs Committee for the first and second Shura year of the seventh session.
• Member of the Saudi-French and African Parliamentary Friendship Committee for the eighth Shura session.
• Member of the Saudi-Egyptian-African Parliamentary Friendship Committee for the seventh Shura session.
• Chairman of the Arab Human Rights Committee of the League of Arab States from 2014-2017 AD.
• Member of the Arab Human Rights Committee of the League of Arab States for the period 2012-2014.
• Member of the Council of the Human Rights Commission in its first and second sessions.
• Member of the Council of the Saudi Red Crescent Authority in its first and second sessions.
• Member of the Permanent National Committee for International Humanitarian Law for the first and second sessions.
• Member of the Advisory Board (Legal Department) College of Administrative Sciences, King Khalid University.
• Vice-Chairman of the National Committee of Lawyers at the Council of Saudi Chambers for the fourth session.
• Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ihsan Association for Legal Aid.
• Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Arab Center for Law.
• A lawyer licensed to practice law since 1994-1414.
• Previously Assistant Secretary General of Babha Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Legal Affairs.
• Former Head of Investigations and Cases at the Ministry of Telegraph, Post and Telephone.

Memberships of Councils and Committees

• Founding member of the Arab Union for Human Rights.
• Member of the Endowment Council of King Khalid University.
• Member of the National Committee for the Care of Prisoners, Their Families and Released Persons.
• Member of the Kingdom’s delegation participating in the meetings of the ninth and tenth session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva – Switzerland.
• Member of the government team participating in the activities of the meeting of international and regional mechanisms working in the field of human rights during the period 12-14/12/2012 at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva.
• Head of the delegation of the Arab Committee for Human Rights participating in the work of the twenty-fifth session of the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture in Geneva during the period 16-20/2/2015.
• Head of the delegation of the Arab Commission on Human Rights participating in the work of the 154th session of the
• American Commission on Human Rights in Washington during the period 16-20/3/2015.
• Chairman of the General Committee for the election of the first board of directors of the Saudi Football Association.
• Vice-Chairman of the Sharia and Legal Committee of the Human Rights Commission for the first session.
• Chairman of the Municipal Elections Committee in Abha for the first round of municipal elections
• Regional supervisor of the National Council for the oversight of municipal elections.
• Member of the Municipal Council in Khamis Mushait Governorate for the first session.
• Member of the Committee for the Harmonization of Local Regulations and Legislations with International Conventions and Instruments signed by the Kingdom in the Human Rights Commission previously.
• Observer member within the League of Arab States mission to the Syrian Arab Republic on 12/21/2011 AD, and preparing a special report that included monitoring and documenting the grave human rights violations that occurred in the Syrian territories.
• An observer member among the international observers assigned to monitor the Kuwaiti National Assembly elections for the year 1434 AH.
• Head of the delegation of the Saudi Red Crescent Authority and the Permanent Committee of International Humanitarian Law, participating in the meetings of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent for the year 2013 AD in Geneva.
• Member of the Arbitration Board at the Ministry of Justice – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• Former member of the Board of Directors of Family Business Governance at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Abha.
• Head of the Kingdom’s delegation to the meetings of the group of governmental experts assigned to study the working document of the military and security companies of the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
• Member of the Kingdom’s delegation participating in the team of senior Arab legal experts assigned to study the statute of the Arab Court for Arab Human Rights.
• Member of the Follow-up Committee for the Trials of Terrorism Cases in the Specialized Criminal Court.
• Member of the Preparatory Committee for the Disabled Children Association in Asir Region.
• Participated in discussing a number of regulations and legislation in the Experts Committee and the Saudi Shura Council.

Seminars, Conferences and Participations

• Opinion writer for Al-Watan newspaper, Saudi Arabia.
• Opinion writer for Al-Ahram newspaper.
• Participated in the preparation and discussion of the first and second universal periodic report on the situation of human rights in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the Council of the Human Rights Commission in Geneva.
• Head of the delegation of the Arab Human Rights Committee participating in the work of the International Conference on Security and Human Rights Challenges in the Arab Region in the State of Qatar during the period 5-6/11/2014.
• Participated in the activities of the Arab Conference for the Development of the Human Rights System at the Arab League during the period from 3-4 June 2013 AD in the State of Qatar.
• Participated in the fifth national meeting for intellectual dialogue, we and the other, at the King Abdulaziz Center for National Dialogue in Riyadh.
• Participated in the roundtable held in the United Arab Emirates on 23-26/3/2013 and organized by the Human Rights Department of the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research in Geneva on Arab and regional protection mechanisms for human rights.
• Participated in the symposium held at the headquarters of the League of Arab States under the title “Development, Democracy and the Development of the Arab Regional System” during the days 9-10/5/2013 AD, in cooperation with the Network of Arab National Institutions concerned with human rights.
• He participated in the regional workshop organized by the League of Arab States with the European Union under the title “Coexistence and Acceptance of the Other” on 2-3/4/2014 AD at the headquarters of the League’s General Secretariat in Cairo.
• Head of the delegation of the Human Rights Committee participating in the work of the International Conference on the Arab Court for Human Rights organized by the National Institution for Human Rights in the Kingdom of Bahrain in the capital, Manama, on May 25 and 26, 2014.
• Participated in the “Arab National Security” symposium held by the Arab Parliament during the period 28-30/10/2014 at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States in Cairo.
• He participated in the work of the international conference on “Penal Reform and Human Rights: Recent Directions”, which was held in the Jordanian capital – Amman during the period between 3-4/11/2014.
• Head of the delegation of the Arab Human Rights Committee participating in the thirty-eighth conference of Arab police and security leaders organized by the General Secretariat of the Council of Arab Interior Ministers in Tunisia during the period 10-11/12/2014.
• Participated in the international visitor program organized by the US State Department in 2014.
• Participation in the work of the first Arab conference for those responsible for human rights in the Arab ministries of interior, which was held in Tunisia during the period 2-3/11/2015.
• Participation in the activities of the Second International Conference on “Challenges of Security and Human Rights in the Arab Region” in Tunisia during the period 3-4/11/2015.
• Participation in the work of the first meeting of the fourth session of the Arab Parliament for the first legislative term of the Sub-Committee on Human Rights at the headquarters of the House of Representatives in the Republic of Tunisia during the period 5-8/10/2015.
• Head of the delegation of the Arab Committee to visit the United Nations in Geneva and meet with the High Commissioner, the President of the Council and a number of special rapporteurs during the period 14-18/9/2015 regarding human rights violations in Yemen.
• Participation in the symposium “Human Rights: A Unified Gulf Vision” organized by the General Secretariat of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf in Riyadh on May 24, 2015.
• Head of the Committee delegation participating in the visit of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg during the period 14-15/4/2015.
• Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the National Forum “Domestic Violence Reality and Hopes” held in Abha.
• Providing a number of training courses on (concepts of human rights in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) in the Public Security Training City in Asir for officers and individuals.
• Participated in many specialized training courses and programmes.
• Participated in a symposium entitled Integrity and fighting corruption is a national duty.
• Participated in a number of different seminars and conferences inside and outside the Kingdom.
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Publications and Research

• Legislation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• Human rights and their applications in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• law firm in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• Bounced checks and their impact on the national economy.
• Terrorism and militarism and the legal and legitimate adaptation of them.
• Legalization of discretionary penalties in Islamic jurisprudence.
• The role of judicial and security institutions in combating domestic violence.
• Freedom of the media and the sanctity of the private lives of litigants.
• Investment councils in the emirates of the regions and their positive impact in advancing the economic development process.
• Concepts of human rights and their impact on enhancing national security.
• The Care and Counseling Center and its positive impact on the rights of detainees.
• The right to disclosure, transparency and knowledge in the Saudi corporate governance system.
• The Kingdom’s efforts to combat corruption in accordance with Vision 2030.
• The one-person company in the Saudi companies system (a comparative study).
• Stations in human rights