“Arab Observatory for Human Rights” rejects the European Parliament’s decision on the UAE
The Arab Observatory for Human Rights expressed, Monday, its rejection of the resolution issued by the European Parliament on Human Rights in the United Arab Emirates.
In a statement, the Observatory of the Arab Parliament announced its rejection of the resolution issued by the European Parliament on Human Rights in the United Arab Emirates, “in full and in detail”.
The Observatory said that the European resolution contained “incorrect information and fallacies that are not based on facts or objective evidence, while ignoring the great efforts made by the UAE in this field.”
It said that the decision is merely “an extension of the European Parliament’s non-objective and non-neutral approach to the Human Rights situation in the Arab world in general”.
The Arab Observatory for Human Rights said, “The unacceptable terms of the European Parliament’s decision constitute unacceptable interference in the internal affairs of the UAE.”
It also stressed that “there is nothing in the International Parliamentary Action Dictionary to authorize a regional parliamentary organization to assess the human rights situation in countries outside its regional scope”.
The Observatory said that Arab countries are paying great attention at all levels to the issue of Human Rights. Recently, they launched pioneering initiatives in the field of Human Rights, both nationally and in the Arab world, which makes them pioneers in this field, compared to other countries that raise slogans of protecting Human Rights, but this is not reflected in reality.
The Observatory stated that it is not against evaluating the Human Rights system in the Arab States, but that one of the main tasks of establishing the Arab Observatory for Human Rights is to maintain, support, protect and defend Human Rights, but it is against the approach based on politicizing Human Rights issues or using them as a tool of pressure and blackmail.
Late last month, UAE President Sheikh Khalifa ben Zayed Al Nahyane issued Federal Law No. 12 of 2012 on the establishment of the National Human Rights Commission, the culmination of a long march of efforts to protect and promote human rights in the UAE over the past 50 years.
The establishment of the Authority continued the UAE’s efforts to promote the values of peace, brotherhood, love and giving. It also reflected the UAE’s message to humanity of the importance of coexistence and brotherhood among all, regardless of religion, belief, language or nationality.
The establishment of the National Human Rights Commission has enhanced the status of the United Arab Emirates as an oasis of religious freedom and a beacon of tolerance that inspires the world and provides it with an ideal model in this field.
