Dubai: A symposium held to appoint experts at schools to report child abuse cases and instances of violence against children recommended that the Ministry of Education educate pupils about human rights.
Dubai Police organised a symposium at the Dubai Women's College yesterday as part of their celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The symposium highlighted a number of issues related to children's rights in well-being - children's rights in Islam, child law, international convention on the rights of children and child trafficking.
Major General Khamis Mattar Al Mazeina, Acting Chief of Dubai Police, said the Police had adopted measures to protect children's rights.
It also provided family care sections at police stations to deal with cases involving children and families.
Wolfgang Amadeus, Ambassador of Switzerland to the UAE, said eight themes related to human rights require increasing attention in the coming years and will be developed with the help of research projects.
Dr Saeed Bin Omair Al Ghafly, director-general of the Ministry of State for Federal National Council Affairs, said the UAE has taken many steps to combat child and human trafficking.
The steps include joining and endorsing basic international human rights agreements, forming the national committee to combat human trafficking, establishing centres for abused women and children and supporting the international initiative to combat human trafficking.
Dr Omar Abdul Kafy, an Islamic scholar, presented a paper on child rights in Islam which start from the time a man chooses a woman to marry, as she has to be one qualified to give birth to children.
Ruth Freedom Pojman of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), said not enough is being done to protect children around the world.
By Alia Al Theeb, Staff Reporter