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Kuwait takes pride in its human rights record - official |
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Saturday, 23 January 2010 23:24 |
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CAIRO, Jan 23 (KUNA) -- The State of Kuwait has a long record of achievements in the field of protection of human rights, said Dr. Saud Helal Al-Harbi
, chief of the Arab governmental expert group (AGEG) on execution of the Arab plan for human rights education.
Speaking to KUNA here on Saturday on the sidelines of the fourth meeting of the group, Al-Harbi, also director of the curriculum development division of the Kuwaiti Ministry of Education, said the protection of human rights is enshrined in the constitution of of Kuwait.
"The constitution has clear provisions that ensure decent living, healthcare and education for all citizens on equal footing," he affirmed.
"Kuwait started introducing the human rights education to the curriculums of the secondary and the middle stages of education in mid 1990s," Al-Harbi pointed out.
Dealing with the two-day meeting of the AGEG, he said the experts have probed a draft guideline reference on human rights education for the Arab countries.
"The conferees have discussed the first phase of the Arab plan on human rights education through 2014 which envisages bringing up a generation to respect human rights and the religious, cultural and social values," he revealed.
"The State of Kuwait as well as the other Arab state deeply believes in human rights out of their profound religious and cultural convictions, not external dictations," Al-Harbi affirmed.
History tells that the Arabs even before Islam had had respect for human rights which were enshrined later on in Islam, he recalled. - Kuna
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