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Qatar’s human rights body the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) yesterday released two new guide books for education and healthcare centres here, in co-operation with Qatar’s Supreme Councils of Education and Health. |
At a media conference held at NHRC head office yesterday, author of the guides, Dr Mohamed bin Saif al-Kuwari said, “These guidelines further boost NHRC’s goals to protect human rights in Qatar. They elaborate an individual’s right to education and right to good health at learning and healthcare centres.”
Rights to education and health are enshrined in Articles 49 and 23 of the Permanent Constitution of the State of Qatar issued in 2004, he said.
The right to education is guaranteed by all regional, international conventions, charters and treaties such as the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), Convention on the Rights of the Child, Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women.
He also cited Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) for an individual’s right to education.
“The right to education leads to empowering and strengthening other rights,” Dr al-Kuwari said, “Without proper education a person will neither know his/her rights, violations nor be able to defend them.”
The guide aims to set standards of human rights to ensure every citizen’s right to education according to applicable regulations and laws of the State. It endeavours to empower persons with disabilities to equally gain good and collective learning in the societies they live.
Similarly, every member of the society has the right to receive the best quality of healthcare as per the Constitution of Qatar, Arab, regional and international conventions and charters. It should take into account a resident’s physical, mental and social conditions without delay or discrimination because of race, religion, or other such factors, the preamble of the guide to hospitals and healthcare centres says.
“The healthcare guide aims to monitor human rights related to health, identify infringements, violations, providing suggestions and assistance to solve them,” said Dr al-Kuwari.
Both guides are based on five each chapters that cover constitution, international conventions, laws, education and health systems, standards, services, safety and references.
