AMMAN — Fourteen
of the 50 employees of the
National Center for Human Rights (NCHR)
Secretariat-General said they will continue to stop work for two hours every
day, in protest against the failure of the chairman of the Board of Trustees to
respond to their demand “to cancel administrative decisions that violate the
legislation governing the work of the center and the principles on which human
rights, governance, and transparency are based”.
The 14 protesters
issued a statement criticizing “the chairman’s intransigence in not reversing
his individual decision, which was characterized by lack of impartiality and a
complete absence of transparency and professionalism in the recent promotions
he made”.
Another protester,
speaking on condition of anonymity, said their sit-in is the result of the lack
of transparency in decision making and the failure to take into account the
recommendations of the Complaints Committee, which developed solutions and
issued decisions to correct the situation at the center.
He added that the
members of the Board of Trustees of the National Center for Human Rights should
perform their role under the center’s Law No. 51 of 2006 and its amendments,
“to stop the deliberate destruction” of the center.
NCHR Media and
Communication Officer Ahmed Fahim told
Jordan News that the center
decided to appoint a Protection Commissioner and an Acting Promotion
Commissioner from among the center cadre, in addition to filling other
administrative vacancies that fall under category II.
These decisions and
promotions are based on the legal system that governs the work of the center,
including its laws and regulations governing promotions whose aim is to ensure
a smooth workflow, and to prevent an administrative vacuum from occurring.
The demands of the
14 protesters are still under discussion.
Chairman of the
Board of Trustees Rhayel Al-Gharaibeh said that NCHR exercises oversight over
its staff, as well as others, stressing that the appointments at the center are
made to fill in vacancies, and that “there are no violations of regulations and
instructions”.
He added the staff members have the right to lodge
complaints with the Board of Trustees, and that “today, the center’s
facilitator met with staff and took notes that will be reviewed by the Board of
Trustees”.
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