DOHA: A Law Clinic programme was launched yesterday at College of Law at Qatar University (QU).
It will provide students with key educational opportunities to become knowledgeable about legal local and international laws to understand the rules of professional responsibility.
It is organised by Qatar National Human Right Committee (NHRC) in collaboration with the college and will be held on Tuesdays until May 31.
The programme comes as result of a memorandum of understanding signed between NHRC and QU to create a society based on fairness and equity, spread awareness about the basic principles of human rights and its global and regional standards in relation to the Qatari laws, said Jaber Al Huwail, Director, Legal Affairs, NHRC.
Al Huwail, who was leading the first discussion session entitled ‘Aims and mandates of QNHRC’, stressed that Qatar’s leadership gives importance to the establishment of state of law, freedoms and institutions.
The issue of human rights is one of the important concerns of society in particular and the international community in general according the NHRC’s view, he added.
NHRC seek to raise awareness about human rights, provide protection and support to individuals, and develop human right networks at national and international levels with institutions concerned to monitor and document human right violations.
The next session will discuss the new law regulating the entry, exit and residency of expatriates in Qatar, and compare it with old one.
The programme is an opportunity for students to perform a broad range of legal tasks and hold open discussions.
The Peninsula
DOHA: A Law Clinic programme was launched yesterday at College of Law at Qatar University (QU).
It will provide students with key educational opportunities to become knowledgeable about legal local and international laws to understand the rules of professional responsibility.
It is organised by Qatar National Human Right Committee (NHRC) in collaboration with the college and will be held on Tuesdays until May 31.
The programme comes as result of a memorandum of understanding signed between NHRC and QU to create a society based on fairness and equity, spread awareness about the basic principles of human rights and its global and regional standards in relation to the Qatari laws, said Jaber Al Huwail, Director, Legal Affairs, NHRC.
Al Huwail, who was leading the first discussion session entitled ‘Aims and mandates of QNHRC’, stressed that Qatar’s leadership gives importance to the establishment of state of law, freedoms and institutions.
The issue of human rights is one of the important concerns of society in particular and the international community in general according the NHRC’s view, he added.
NHRC seek to raise awareness about human rights, provide protection and support to individuals, and develop human right networks at national and international levels with institutions concerned to monitor and document human right violations.
The next session will discuss the new law regulating the entry, exit and residency of expatriates in Qatar, and compare it with old one.
The programme is an opportunity for students to perform a broad range of legal tasks and hold open discussions.
The Peninsula
