Dubai Police achieve human rights goals for 2018

dubai — When it comes to upholding human rights, protecting children, women and workers rank high in the priorities of the Dubai Police. Preventing human trafficking is also a top concern.

Nearly all their initiatives and programmes that are designed to address human rights violations have reached a 100 per cent completion rate last year, according to the figures of the Dubai Police.

Major-General Abdullah Khalifa Al Marri, Commander-inChief of the Dubai Police, along with other senior officials, recently visited the General Department of Human Rights as part of their annual inspection programme for public administrations and police stations.

In 2018, the women and child protection segment of the police’s human rights department has provided social support in 34 cases, helped out children in 84 cases, and assisted 27 women.

The authorities believe that preventing child abuse and exploitation must begin with awareness — children must know their rights by heart. To this end, the police’s human rights department visited public and private schools across the emirate throughout the year, conducting a total of 27 lectures for 1,400 beneficiaries for its Safety Ambassadors programme.

It has also partnered with the General Department of Artificial Intelligence to create its ‘My Right, My Obligation’ smart app, which introduces children aged five to 14 years to their rights.

Registering over 18,000 downloads in the Apple store, the app features an interactive online game that promotes positive behaviour and measures children’s understanding of their rights as guaranteed by the law.

The department’s ‘happy worker’ initiative has also achieved all its goals for 2018.