Doha: The National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) concluded a training program for Qatar University (QU) students, organized as part of its annual educational campaign targetinga students of universities, schools, and civil and military state institutions, under the theme 'toward a society aware of its rights.'
According to Qatar News Agency, NHRC's Director of Programs and Education, Hamad Al Hajri, emphasized the NHRC's commitment to openness and communication with various public bodies, institutions, and stakeholders, especially students and youth. The initiative aims to train them, build their capacities, and provide platforms that enable them to express their ideas and views, thereby contributing to preparing them for active participation in shaping future visions and programs.
Al Hajri encouraged the participants to act as ambassadors for human rights by actively participating in human rights activities and programs. He urged them to contribute to consolidating the leading position that the State of Qatar enjoys both regionally and internationally by engaging in community, human rights, humanitarian, and development initiatives and providing views and proposals in various fields of human rights.
He noted that the dialogues and discussions during the training program over four months reflected an advanced human rights awareness among the students. He expressed confidence in their ability to understand the human rights system, its standards, and national, regional, and international protection mechanisms, and to translate this knowledge into real practices in their personal lives and professional careers.
The training program included a series of theoretical lectures, practical activities, and field training within various departments of the committee. Its aim was to introduce participants to the principles and foundations of human rights, their historical origins and development, develop practical skills in the field of human rights work, apply theoretical knowledge within the institutional work environment, and enhance awareness of the role of the NHRC, its competencies, and its working mechanisms at the national and international levels.
The program also focused on raising awareness of the international human rights protection system, monitoring mechanisms, and international reports. It aimed to enable female students to practice professionally in a realistic work environment suitable to their academic specializations.
Additionally, the program addressed the concept of human rights and its intellectual and historical origins, as a system with multiple intellectual, religious, political, and social tributaries. It reviewed the development of the human rights concept post the First and Second World Wars and the resulting establishment of the international system for the protection of human dignity.
The program also covered the International Bill of Human Rights, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights issued in 1948, its background, formulation, legal nature, and the extent of its binding nature. It examined the two International Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and their importance in transforming human rights principles into international legal obligations.