PM: The Historic Victory Achieved Over ISIS Represents A Victory For The Will Of Our People And Our Armed Forces
Baghdad / NINA / -Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani confirmed that the historic victory achieved over the terrorist ISIS gangs represents a victory for the will of our people and our armed forces of all types and formations.
During the second conference of the National Plan for Human Rights in Iraq, which was held by the Ministry of Justice under the slogan (The State of Man is Our Goal), in conjunction with the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, according to a statement by his media office, Al-Sudani pointed to the human rights file in Iraq, which received special importance in the government program , with executive steps, expanded its work to include various aspects of an individual’s life, calling on the House of Representatives to complete the selection of members of the High Commission for Human Rights, so that it will be a constitutional and legal support for consolidating the basic principles of human rights and including them in the performance of the government apparatus.
He added: "The government's responsibility regarding the human rights file extends to the right to a decent life, the right to escape the inheritance of poverty, and the right to education, health, and services."
He continued: "The state has the right to search for job opportunities in a free and productive market, and the right to protect public funds and pursue corruptors, and for the displaced to return to their areas with dignity and safe."
He said: “We have opened the windows of communication to any complaint, no matter how small or minor, as it will be given the required attention, and we issued clear and strict directives to adhere to humane and legal dealings between law enforcers and citizens.”
He explained: "We brought to justice, through legal procedures, everyone who committed inhumane and violating practices, exploiting his authority, in accordance with Article 37 of the Constitution, and we worked to approve the national strategy to combat human trafficking in Iraq, and the national plan attached to it."
He pointed out: “The Council of Ministers approved the national strategy for suicide prevention, and the draft law on the right to obtain information was referred to the House of Representatives, and we activated the Yazidi Women Survivors Law, and lifted the injustice against this Iraqi component, and the Yazidis took ownership of their places of residence after this file was stalled for a period of more than 40 years.
He continued: "The draft law on freedom of expression, assembly, and peaceful demonstration has been amended, to ensure the establishment and consolidation of constitutional rights. We are currently working on a draft law preventing torture and inhuman treatment, to be an addition to the system of laws protecting human rights."
Al-Sudani pointed out that raising the level of social care was an important path in caring for human rights, and new categories were included, and the coverage of existing groups was expanded, so that social protection would be an umbrella by which the dignity of the Iraqi human being is preserved and the specter of poverty is removed.
He stressed, “We stood with the Palestinian right to a decent life and the establishment of a Palestinian state on Palestinian soil, and we demanded an end to the aggression against Gaza.”
He explained, “The priorities adopted by the government, in economic reform, combating corruption, providing services, providing job opportunities, and combating poverty, constitute the core of the citizen’s right.”
He stressed that protecting society from the scourges of intellectual, cultural and health destruction, psychotropic substances and deadly toxins is a responsibility we assume, out of believing in the right of the Iraqi person to be protected.”/End
