Code of human rights principles for the public service

Hamad Majid al-Marzouqi, Director of the Administrative and Financial Affairs Department of the National Human Rights Committee, revealed that the committee has started preparing a code of guiding principles on human rights within the framework of the public service, in coordination with the Institute of Administrative Development and within the framework of the memorandum of understanding concluded between the two sides. Reported local Arabic daily Arrayah.

Following his participation in the Fourth Dialogue on Employment Discrimination, Equal Pay and the Role of National Human Rights Institutions, organized by the Asia Pacific Forum (APF) via video conference. Al-Marzouki referred to the international legitimacy of human rights’ recognition of the right to equality and non-discrimination, specifically in Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states: “All people are born free and equal in dignity and rights....” In addition to Article (7), which affirms that (all individuals are equal before the law and have the right to enjoy its protection without discrimination).

He said: This right was also affirmed in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in Article 2/1 and Article 26 thereof. On the other hand, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Article II, paragraph (2), places an obligation on the State Parties to (ensure that the exercise of the rights set forth in this Covenant is free from any discrimination on grounds of race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, or other grounds). Al-Marzouki said: Among these rights is (the right to work), which the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights dealt with more comprehensively than any other instrument, in Article (6), which clarified (that recognition of this right includes what every person acknowledges in enabling him to (work) to earn his living as well as his freedom to choose and accept his work. Coupled with the provision of technical and vocational training programs to enhance his ability to meet the requirements of the work entrusted to him).

Al-Marzouki emphasized that enabling the enjoyment of the right to work is a prerequisite for the realization of other rights (for the working individual) that are necessary for the survival of his family and ensuring that they live in decent conditions. As well as the realization of the human being and the recognition of his active entity in society. With regard to the principle of equality and non-discrimination in rights and duties in the Qatari legal system: specifically in the constitution and the human resources law, Al-Marzouqi said: This principle has occupied an important place in the law, and before the judiciary, in addition to being one of the basic components of Qatari society.