(MENAFN- QNA) A workshop on commercial work and human rights started Tuesday and drew the participation of representatives from a number of government entities and the state's business sector.
Organized by the Foreign Ministry's human rights department, the two-day workshop is being held in cooperation with the United Nations working group on business and human rights as well as the United Nations human rights training and documentation center for South-West Asia and the Arab region.
Speaking during the opening of the workshop, HE Assistant Foreign Minister for International Cooperation Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdurrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani stressed Qatar's growing interest in the issue of commercial work and human rights and the U.N. guiding principles of the 'Protect, Respect and Remedy' framework.
HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman said that enhancing and protecting human rights is a strategic choice for Qatar and forms the cornerstone of the country's comprehensive reform policy.
He added that the relationship between businesses and human rights is one of the outcomes of globalization, noting that governments are not the sole side responsbile for human rights but legal persons such as companies and commercial institutions share part of it too.
Sessions of the workshop cover the U.N. guiding principles in the business sector and human rights in addition to responsibilities of governments and challenges facing companies in implementing them. The sessions are moderated by experts from the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Office and the U.N. human rights training and documentation center for South-West Asia and the Arab region.
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