His Excellency the Vice President of the Human Rights Commission, Dr. Hisham bin Abdulrahman Al Al-Sheikh, affirmed the Kingdom's interest in education since its unification until this prosperous era under the leadership of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz and His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister - may God protect them - pointing out that this care is confirmed by the laws and regulations enacted by the Kingdom and the orders and decisions issued to raise the flag and its people, and to qualify future generations educationally and educationally to continue to contribute to advancing the march of Development and progress armed with the teachings of their tolerant religion, and with what they receive according to the best standards.
This came during the opening today at the Authority's headquarters of a seminar organized by the Commission to coincide with the World Education Day entitled: "Challenges, innovative solutions and the quality of educational services in the light of human rights" His Excellency said: The protection and promotion of human rights is an important priority, and a responsibility placed on everyone to ensure concerted efforts to promote the realization and protection of human rights in the light of Islamic law and in accordance with international standards, noting the Authority's keenness to enhance cooperation with various sectors in order to reach best practices in the implementation of these rights. Foremost among them is the human right to education.
Dr. Al-Sheikh explained that this seminar is the result of the fruitful cooperation that brings together the Authority with various government sectors and civil society institutions, as it aims to meet specialists and interested parties to enrich the discussion to crystallize ideas and recommendations that will enhance the efforts made.
The speakers discussed several themes that dealt with innovative solutions in the public and private educational sector, civil society institutions and the non-profit sector, and ambitious aspirations to develop the capabilities of generations considering human rights.
The seminar was attended by members of the Human Rights Commission Council, Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Qaed, Chairman of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and Dr. Al-Jawhara Al-Zamil, Vice Chairman of the Committee, and Dr. Noura Al-Amr, a member of the Committee, and representatives from the Ministries of Education, Interior, Human Resources and Social Development, the National Center for Non-Profit Sector Development, Misk Foundation, and King Khalid Foundation