Humanitarian principals in Islamic Sharia [Archives:2005/887/Local News]

Taiz – Oct. 18 – The International Red Cross and the Yemeni Red Crescent organized a symposium on the humanitarian principals in Islamic Sharia. The symposium was held in Al-Saeed hall for Culture and Sciences, and an International Law and Human Rights Center in Yemen was declared open.

Mr. Mohamed Ahmed Al-ansi, deputy Taiz Governor, praised the ICRC's efforts for promoting principals of rights and justice and protecting human rights in war and peace. Mr. Martin Amacher, head of the ICRC delegation in Sana'a, said that preservation of human rights during armed conflicts is a very complicated issue. He praised the pioneer role of Islamic Sharia in supporting human rights, and said it was important that agents and legislators meet in order to activate the independent humanitarian factors according to Sharia. He also expressed his concern over human rights abuses whether committed by individuals, states or groups.

Shawqi Alqadhi, member of the human rights committee in the Parliament, said that the humanitarian principals in Sharia went before all international legislations in calling for humanitarian values and shunning hatred and fanaticism.

Dr. Ahmed Alhameedi from the faculty of law in Taiz University spoke of humanitarian principles that were agreed upon in order to respect human rights in peace as well as war. He also spoke of the international indicators prior to the Geneva conventions and UN charters. All in all, there were lively discussions at the symposium that opposed to human rights abuse in the world as a whole and in the Islamic world in particular.
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