related violence crimes, Al-Aiban said that a number of measurements have been made, the most important was the issuance of the Law to Protect Children against Harm, aiming to protect society's individuals against exploitation, mishandling, notably of women and children and other categories such as the elderly etc. The law, also, records and documents cases of violence and holding accountable anyone who may hinders access of family-related grievances to pertinent bodies. He asserted that due to the directive of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to authorize women participation in the municipal elections, to vote and stand as candidates, women will take part in the next coming municipal elections, a fact that would enhance women participation in the political and socio-economic life and empower her to contribute, actively, in the decision-making process. Al-Aiban added that the Kingdom is working on reinforcing the role of civic society role as a main partner in implementing its obligations towards protection as well as reinforcement of human rights. Accordingly, a number of licenses for institutions and societies working in the domain of various human rights' aspects were issued to enable them carry on with their works, in a fully independent manner. A number of new bills have been adopted by the legislative power, he said, adding that to support this endeavor and guarantee its effectiveness, the legislatives are studying a bill on civic society institutions to reach a watertight drafting which comprises all related opinions to the bill. He drew the attention to a national comprehensive plan which has been collectively drafted by so many government bodies related to human rights and civic society institutions aiming to upgrade the level of awareness of human rights depending on a number of principles, the most important of which is to carry out the Kingdom obligations which it signed or joined. Awareness programs have been launched, too, to raise knowledge of the rights of the most vulnerable categories, such as women, children, foreign employees, the aged and the handicapped, he added. He stressed that the government of the Kingdom is keen to pave the way for appropriate working environment for foreign employment, through issuance of laws, regulations, mechanisms and procedures to guarantee their rights and duties, alike, without discrimination against any nationality, to guarantee them their rights and securely dignified lives. The latest of such acts was that of the Regulation for Domestic Employees and those similar to them, which stipulated, plainly, the relation between the employer and the employee in the domestic service, the two parties rights, pointing, in this context, to the work of the Ministry of Labor, on the beginning of this week, as it launched Musanid (Hand Giver) program to raise the awareness of this regulation, through highlighting the rights and duties of house employees and introducing them to the mechanism of grievances and complaints lodging and techniques of equity and justice seeking. -- More 23:56 LOCAL TIME 20:56 GMT تغريد
