Training course for police officers on human rights [Archives:2005/829/Local News]
Taiz Bureau
The activities of the training course from March 23rd to April 4th on human rights for a number of police officers are being held at Softel Hotel in Taiz.
16 trainees (male and female) are participating in the course.
The opening celebration was started with the recitation of the Holy Quran. It was followed by a speech from Ezaldin Al-Asbahi, Head of Human Rights Information and Training Center (HRITC), who welcome the audience.
He pointed to the most significant accomplishments of the HRITC in training more than 350 police officers, publishing books and the publications that are going to be issued mentioning their contribution to the field of human rights.
Brigadier Dr. Ahmed Al-Olifi, Director of Taiz Security, said that this course is distinguished in the sense that it includes what is concerned with training and what the trainees will come to know of the suitability of law items and their implementation in the legal work.
Micheal Gifford, British Ambassador in Sana'a, said: “There are many examples within the teachings of Prophet Mohammed that point to the deep-rooted respect for fundamental principles of human rights within Islamic law and teachings.
I believe that the aims of this project, and the activities and training it provides, whether for police officers, diplomats, officials in the Ministry of Human Rights, or for members of civil society are not only within the strictures of the Islamic faith, but aim to enhance the capacity of Yemen's citizens to uphold those principles within their professional and private lives.”
Dr. Ahmed al-Obaid, representative of the UNDP, said that the course is considered a direct practice to contribute to the field of human rights according to the international and local legal system.
He thanked the UNDP partners, the governments of Denmark and The Netherlands for their generous support for the project in general and the Ministries of Human Rights and Interior and Human Rights Center for reinforcing the principles of human rights.
Ali Saleh Abdullah, Deputy Minister of Social Affairs and Labor and the member of the Human Rights Technical Committee, pointed out that tireless efforts devoted in taking care of human rights in our society.
The evidence is that there are 470 non-governmental organizations practicing various activities and 7 organizations specialized in human rights and 60 international agreements concerning the freedoms and human rights.
Mohammed al-Haj, General-Secretary of the local counsel in Taiz, exposed the concepts and principles that are encouraged by our Islamic religion and what our country has achieved in this respect.
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