Beirut, 04 August 2025

Maryam bint Abdullah Al-Attiyah, Chairperson National Human Rights Committee of Qatar (NHRC) has affirmed that the Committee is currently working on updating educational guides for primary, preparatory, and secondary school levels. These guides were initially issued in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education.

Al-Attiyah stated: 'We are revising these manuals to integrate human rights concepts into educational curricula in a way that aligns with universal human rights principles and the values and traditions of Qatari society'.

She added that the Committee is also continuing its awareness efforts through training programs, educational workshops, campaigns, and competitions organized in schools. She noted that during the first half of this year, the Committee conducted 29 activities, benefiting 1,245 students.

Above remarks were made during her speech at the high-level meeting titled: 'Developing a Guiding Manual of Best Practices and Experiences in Human Rights Education in the Arab Region', held recently in Beirut, Lebanon.

The event included the participation of the National Human Rights Institution of Lebanon, the Arab Network of National Human Rights Institutions (based in Doha), and the United Nations Training and Documentation Centre for South-West Asia and the Arab Region.

Al-Attiyah emphasized: 'Human rights education is one of our top priorities and serves as a cornerstone for building prosperous and sustainable societies'. She called for the importance of highlighting the best practices and experiences in the Arab region to encourage, support, and utilize them in developing educational guides on human rights.

She continued: 'We hope this meeting will contribute to strengthening all aspects of human rights education in the Arab region, especially the integration of core human rights concepts and the adoption of methods and mechanisms that reinforce a human rights-based approach within the educational process.” She stressed that human rights education plays a vital role in developing knowledge, values, and skills, and in reinforcing the values of dignity, equality, non-discrimination,  freedom and justice.

She stressed that human rights education not only imparts knowledge but also builds values such as dignity, equality, justice, and non-discrimination. While acknowledging the challenges of embedding these principles in curricula, she emphasized the long-term benefits of raising generations grounded in a rights-based culture.

In conclusion, Al-Attiyah reiterated the NHRC’s support for developing a regional guiding manual on best practices in human rights education and expressed hope that the outcomes of the Beirut meeting would contribute to strengthening education systems across the Arab region by embedding core human rights values and adopting inclusive, culturally respectful educational strategies