His Excellency Secretary-General of the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) Sultan bin Hassan Al Jamali affirmed that achieving sustainable peace cannot rely on laws alone, but requires real investment in human awareness and addressing the roots of violence through awareness approaches, education on human rights, and the culture of tolerance and acceptance of others.This came during a recorded intervention by Al Jamali at the sixty-first regular session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.He called for strengthening the role of national institutions in developing innovative educational and awareness programs targeting various segments of society and instilling the values of peace from the earliest stages, based on the belief that peace begins in awareness and in a person’s understanding of themselves.He highlighted the fundamental role of national human rights institutions in consolidating the culture of peace through spreading awareness and education on the values of tolerance, dialogue and coexistence, and promoting the understanding of human rights as a unifying discourse of human dignity among different religious, ideological, cultural and political identities.HE the NHRC Secretary-General said the discussion in the fundamental pillar for safeguarding human dignity comes at a time when the culture of peace appears more urgent than ever, in a world witnessing escalating conflicts, the commission of genocides, declining trust, and the continued suffering of human beings at the hands of other human beings.He added that the reality of the world today compels us to be more courageous and influential, and to think beyond traditional frameworks, including within the United Nations system itself.Al Jamali explained that it is no longer possible to ignore the failure to achieve peace despite the development of international law, and the continued killing of humans by humans within a legal system that is supposed to protect life and dignity.He stressed that the current framework of international law must be examined to determine whether it is sufficient to achieve peace, or whether humanity needs a deeper approach and a complementary humanitarian and ethical solution.
