The Abu Dhabi Police have urged the need for a federal law on the protection of children’s rights in the country.
A study carried out by the capital’s law-enforcement authorities said it was necessary to enact a comprehensive law that incorporates all the provisions currently being enforced as part of a number of local and federal government laws.
The law should also be based on international norms and conventions, including the Convention on Children’s Rights, keeping in mind the nature of the UAE society, the study said.
The research carried out by First Lieutenant Basheer Saleh Al Belaisi from the Researches and Studies Centre of the Abu Dhabi Police called for early detection of cases where children were abused.
This should be done in cooperation and coordination with police stations and social workers in schools keeping in view the fact that the issue of protection and counselling the traumatised children was important.
The study titled The Role of Police in the Protection of Children from Violence and Abuse urged the police departments to improve training and conduct dedicated courses for the officers involved in investigations.
The trainees will, accordingly, absorb the approaches and measures to be adopted in giving psychological support to the young victims of violence and abuse during the preliminary stages of investigation and collection of evidences, the study said.
The study underlined the support of programmes and activities conducted by the Abu Dhabi Police’s Social Support Centre and Dubai Police’s Human Rights Care Department for the victims of violence and crime, in general, and children, in particular.
The research report also called on institutions dealing with cases of child abuse to forge efforts in laying down programmes on protection of children .
These institutions, the study pointed out, are the police, the judiciary, the Ministry of Education, the information departments, the media, forensic labs and social welfare departments.
The programmes should focus on safeguarding children against abuse and creating a sense of awareness about the consequences of child abuse, the study suggested.
It also called for introducing the role of the substitute family or creating shelters for children who have been victims of abuse and for whom it was difficult to return to the homes of their parents, who are deemed incompetent of looking after the welfare of their own offsprings. Source
A study carried out by the capital’s law-enforcement authorities said it was necessary to enact a comprehensive law that incorporates all the provisions currently being enforced as part of a number of local and federal government laws.
The law should also be based on international norms and conventions, including the Convention on Children’s Rights, keeping in mind the nature of the UAE society, the study said.
The research carried out by First Lieutenant Basheer Saleh Al Belaisi from the Researches and Studies Centre of the Abu Dhabi Police called for early detection of cases where children were abused.
This should be done in cooperation and coordination with police stations and social workers in schools keeping in view the fact that the issue of protection and counselling the traumatised children was important.
The study titled The Role of Police in the Protection of Children from Violence and Abuse urged the police departments to improve training and conduct dedicated courses for the officers involved in investigations.
The trainees will, accordingly, absorb the approaches and measures to be adopted in giving psychological support to the young victims of violence and abuse during the preliminary stages of investigation and collection of evidences, the study said.
The study underlined the support of programmes and activities conducted by the Abu Dhabi Police’s Social Support Centre and Dubai Police’s Human Rights Care Department for the victims of violence and crime, in general, and children, in particular.
The research report also called on institutions dealing with cases of child abuse to forge efforts in laying down programmes on protection of children .
These institutions, the study pointed out, are the police, the judiciary, the Ministry of Education, the information departments, the media, forensic labs and social welfare departments.
The programmes should focus on safeguarding children against abuse and creating a sense of awareness about the consequences of child abuse, the study suggested.
It also called for introducing the role of the substitute family or creating shelters for children who have been victims of abuse and for whom it was difficult to return to the homes of their parents, who are deemed incompetent of looking after the welfare of their own offsprings. Source
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