DOHA: The National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) yesterday released its guidelines for education and healthcare centres in the country to protect the rights of citizens to education and healthcare.
The advisory is in the form of two books prepared in collaboration with the Supreme Education Council (SEC) and the Supreme Council of Health (SCH).
The education guide aims to set human rights standards to ensure every citizen’s right to education according to applicable regulations and laws of the state. It seeks to empower people with disabilities to equally gain good and collective learning in the societies they live.
“The guidelines further boost NHRC’s goals to protect human rights. They elaborate on an individual’s right to education and good health at learning and healthcare centres,” the author of the two guides, Dr Mohammed bin Saif Al Kuwari, told a press conference at NHRC offices yesterday.
“The healthcare guide aims to monitor human rights related to health, identify infringements, violations, providing suggestions and assistance to solve them,” added Al Kuwari.
Each guide contains five chapters on the Constitution, international conventions, laws, education and health systems, standards, services, safety and references. They are available in Arabic and English.
Asked if the guides would conflict with the existing rules of the SEC and the SCH, Al Kuwari said, “The SEC and the SCH have reviewed and approved the guidelines. There is no conflict between their guidelines and NHRC guides.”
On the issue of some children being denied education due to financial constraints, Qatar National Commission Secretary- General (Under the Ministry of Education), Dr Hamda Hassan Al Sulaiti, said, “The SEC is working with the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Planning to find solutions to children being denied education due to financial challenges.” The council will soon organise seminars to discuss the issue.The Peninsula
