Geneva: QATAR has stressed its belief in the concept of comprehensive protection of children that doesn’t focus only on detecting violations and punishing assailants but also takes precautionary measures to protect children from all circumstances that put them under risk whether at home, school or even online, second secretary of Qatar’s permanent mission to UN Office in Geneva, Noor Ibrahim Al Sada, said as she addressed the 34th session of the Human Rights Council.
Qatar also takes special interest in building a strong society and coherent families that help in raising healthy children away from all forms of violence, Al Sada said during an interactive dialogue with UN secretary general’s special representative on violence against children and UN secretary general’s special representative on children and armed conflict.
Al Sada said Qatar has adopted the necessary legislations and created specialised entities that protect children such as Qatar Foundation for Social Work, which has under its umbrella a number of specialised centres such as the social protection and rehabilitation center that works to protect and rehabilitate women and children victims of violence and re-integrate them into society. She praised the increasing global interest in eradicating violence against children, which culminated in having it listed as a goal on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
