Awareness seminar on rights of the Elderly
Doha, Qatar
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
**** Program ****
*** Opening session ***8:30- 9:00 / Reception
9:00 – 9:15 / Speech by the secretary-general Ms. Maryam bint Abdullah al-Attiyah, The National Human Rights Committee
Speech by the Executive Director Mr. Abdulaziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa
Qatar Foundation for Elderly People Care (IHSAN),
Session 1
9:20 -9:40
9:40- 10:00
10:00- 10:20
10:20- 10:35 / Social and legal protection for the elderly
Chair: Dr. Abdulaziz Almoghaisab (former Dean of the Faculty of Education, University of Qatar)
- paper on "Rights of the elderly in international treaties and conventions"
by Mr. Jaber Al Huwail, Director of Legal affairs Department, NHRC
- Paper on "Qatar's role in the promotion of rights of the elderly", Ms. Maryam Al Ansari, director of research and development Department, Ihsan
- Paper on "Family protection for the elderly in the community"
Dr. Ali Kaltham Alganm, sociology professor, Qatar University
- Discussion of the papers
Coffee break / 10:35- 11:00
Session 2
11:00- 11:20
11:20- 11:40
11:40- 12:00 / Experiences in the field of the protection of the elderly
Chair: Dr. Noora Al Mannai education and family psychology
- Paper on "The need for a special law for the care and protection of the elderly", by Lawyer Yusuf Ahmed Al Zamman
- Paper on "experience of the State of Kuwait in the field of the enactment of laws on rights of the elderly", by Ali Hussain Abdul-Hussain, deputy chairman of the Kuwait charitable society for the care and rehabilitation of the elderly
- Discussion of the papers
12:00- 12:15 / Break
12:15- 1:30 / Recommendations of the seminar
Distribution of certificates to the participants
Luncheon
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