Organized by MoI at Dubai Club for Special Sports
ME Newswire
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Wednesday, July 17th 2013
The Law Respect Culture Bureau at the General Secretariat of His Highness Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior organized a Ramadan Council at the Dubai Club for Special Sports. The participants underscored the important role of people with special needs in establishing the law respect culture in the society. They unanimously agreed on the need to disseminate the concept of respecting legislations (often referred to as written laws) and unwritten laws (customs, traditions, practices and usages) among members of society, with a view to entrench this concept as a social culture.
During the special session held by the Bureau, and attended by media professionals and social work specialists, , they stressed the importance of laws in protecting rights and lives, and preserving freedoms. "This would encourage individuals to respect the law out of conviction, not out of fear of punishment or legal penalty”, they added.
Lieutenant Colonel Dr. Salah Obeid Al Ghoul, Director of Law Respect Culture Bureau indicated that the backbone of inculcating this culture is the legal knowledge and learning about provisions of law, in all its degrees and specializations. "Practical experience has shown that many individuals face problems with dangerous legal consequences as a result of their ignorance of the law. The civil society institutions bear a societal responsibility and play a vital role in educating people on the various laws in force in the community, whether they are written legislations, or values and traditions that the entire community had agreed on the need to respect them”, pointed out Lt. Colonel Al Ghoul.
Al Ghoul noted that people with disabilities constitute an important segment of society and must be included in the law-related awareness-raising efforts. Furthermore, he stressed the need for families and social institutions that provide care for this category, to educate people with special needs on the provisions of the law, to avoid accountability for any violations. "The Bureau has dedicated special attention to people with special needs since its inception, by publishing its awareness-raising brochures in "Braille”, in addition to the several other languages; , and focusing on people with special needs in the its various lectures and seminars”, explained Al Ghoul.
Attending journalists stressed that media institutions play an important role in consolidating this culture through the positive image that the media conveys about the law and people who adhere to its provisions. Media must also depict the negative behavior that does not comply with the law, with a view to create awareness among individuals that respecting laws advances communities and protects the freedoms and rights of its members.
For their part, journalists Fahed Al Ameri and Abdullah Al Katheeri tackled the role of socialization in instilling the law respect culture among young people. It is the duty of the family and school to raise awareness among children, protect them from all sorts of exploitation and abuse, and from the consequences of violating the law. This is vitally important in an era where the only things that protect children are the values and ethics they acquired at an early age.
On the same note, legal researcher Milan Sharif, from the Law Respect Culture Bureau stated that the law has dedicated care and attention to people with special needs, as a segment of society with special circumstances, which requires community support to enable them to exercise their social role as normal people. Yet, and with respect to social justice, the law does not differentiate between normal people and people with special needs when enforcing its provisions. Furthermore, she pointed out that a disabled person is legally held accountable for his offences or crimes; therefore, he cannot use his disability as an excuse to protest the application of the law against him, unless that person suffers mental disability, which makes him unfit in terms of understanding and will.
Concluding, a number of people with disabilities attending the Council emphasized that they have rights and obligations; therefore it is the duty of community institutions to educate and acquaint them with all aspects of life, and most notably about law.
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Photo1: Ramadan Council at the Dubai Club for Special Sports
Photo2: legal researcher Milan Sharif
The Arabic-language text of this announcement is the official, authoritative version. Translations are provided as an accommodation only, and should be cross-referenced with the Arabic-language text, which is the only version of the text intended to have legal effect.
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