“In its October 2023 report, the SCA acknowledged the amendment to the selection and appointment process under Royal Order No. (17) of 2017 as amended by Royal Order No. (39) Year 2023 but noted that the criteria for the identification of the full-time and part-time members of the Council of the Commissioners is still not explicit under Article 3 bis of the Royal Order No. (39) of 2023.

The SCA further noted that the amended Royal Order of August 2023 will only apply for the next appointment of the Council of Commissioners in 2025. The NIHRB indicated that it is following up on the issuance of the ministerial decision by the chairperson of the Selection Committee which will include clear and transparent details about the mechanism for selecting full-time and part-time members of the Council of Commissioners.

The SCA encourages the NIHRB to continue to advocate for the adoption of a clear, transparent, merit-based, and participatory selection and appointment process for selecting full-time and part-time members of the council of commissioners.

The SCA refers to Paris Principles B.1 and its General Observation 1.8 on ‘Selection and appointment of the decision-making body of NHRIs’.”

“