NHRC to organize global symposium at 2nd World Summit for Social Development

Doha, Qatar: The National Human Rights Committee (NHRC), in partnership with the Arab Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ANNHRI), is set t...

Doha, Qatar: The National Human Rights Committee (NHRC), in partnership with the Arab Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ANNHRI), is set to organize an international symposium Wednesday on human rights at the core of social development, towards a sustainable future. The event will be held on the margins of the second World Summit for Social Development, hosted by Doha from November 4 to 6 at the Qatar National Convention Centre. Chairperson of NHRC HE Maryam bint Abdullah Al Attiyah said social development is among the foremost priorities Qatar strives to advance through public legislations and policies, as well as a variety of measures. She noted the nation's permanent constitution lays a robust groundwork for social development. In its third pillar concerning social development, Qatar National Vision 2030 (QNV2030) seeks to advance the social field through a trifecta of aims, chiefly social care and protection, strengthening the community’s structure, and international cooperation, Al Attiyah highlighted. She added that issues of social development have been receiving increasing attention from the international community, emphasizing that global efforts have persisted, stemming from the World Summit for Social Development held in Copenhagen in 1995, along with the outgrowth in terms of obligations, with the United Nations General Assembly issuing an array of social development-relevant resolutions. The general objective of this symposium lies in exploring ways to incorporate human rights into core social development-relevant policies and programs, embodying the effective participation of national human rights institutions, NGOs, and stakeholders in this summit, in addition to promoting awareness of cohesion and solidarity between human rights and social development, Her Excellency noted. Alongside NHRC and ANNHRI, several institutions will also participate in organizing this symposium, namely the Ministry of Social Development and Family, the Ministry of Labour, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Office, and the United Nations Human Rights Training and Documentation Centre for South-West Asia and the Arab Region, together with the participation of NGOs, experts, and specialists.