Forum recommends establishing national fund to support drug victims’ rehabilitation

Doha, Qatar:The Fourth National Human Rights Forum concluded yesterday with a comprehensive set of recommendations aimed at strengthening national eff...

Doha, Qatar: The Fourth National Human Rights Forum concluded yesterday with a comprehensive set of recommendations aimed at strengthening national efforts to combat drugs through a human rights–based approach.

The forum was organised by the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC), in partnership with the Ministry of Interior, under the theme “Human Rights at the Heart of Combating Drugs: Challenges and Prospects for Sustainable Solutions.”

Among its most prominent recommendations was the call to establish a national fund to support and empower drug victims, to expand aftercare services, providing continuous psychological support, promoting economic empowerment for recovering individuals, and protecting them from stigma and discrimination.

The proposed fund would help ensure the full reintegration of recovering individuals into society, including facilitating their access to employment and the labour market.

Chairperson of the National Human Rights Committee H E Maryam bint Abdullah Al Attiyah affirmed that the Fourth National Human Rights Forum laid a practical foundation for a new phase focused on moving from recommendations to implementation and from vision to tangible impact.