The Ministry of Community Development intends to work in coordination with the relevant competent authorities to provide a "hot line" for receiving communications of people of concern or their loved ones about their harm, at a time when a map has been set for the institutions concerned with providing services to people of determination and thus responsible for playing a pivotal role in protecting them from abuse, as well as It announced five goals it will achieve by implementing a policy of protecting people of determination from abuse that was announced last December.
The goals announced by the Ministry include setting up unified coordination mechanisms between the relevant bodies responsible for protecting the owners of determination, and enabling them, their guardians and their workers to deal with cases of abuse by raising awareness and training, and providing clear mechanisms for reporting and dealing with abuse, in addition to producing accurate statistics on the number of people of concern At risk of abuse in the country and build a team of trained and qualified national cadres to deal with cases of abuse for those of determination.
The Ministry affirmed its intention to adopt certain techniques for early detection of any cases of abuse suffered by people of concern, the most important of which is the application of a monitoring system on service providers to ensure early detection of cases of abuse suffered by people of determination in various institutions and facilities, in addition to ensuring the availability of effective mechanisms to be able to report From abusing, as well as providing protection for those of determination when revealing abuse.
The ministry recently announced details of technologies and programs that will be implemented in coordination with the relevant authorities to ensure the implementation of the policy of protecting people of determination from abuse, confirming that it has based the policy development on the experiences of three international countries including the United States, Australia and Ireland.
The Ministry indicated that one of the most important examples of protection against abuse for people of determination in the United States is under the Disabled Persons Act, which includes legislative measures preventing all forms of discrimination on the basis of disability, as well as the National Center for Criminal Justice and Disability issuing a call to work to achieve justice for persons with disabilities in Society and protect them from abuse and violence.
She also drew attention to the Australian government's work in developing child protection systems in general, and persons with disabilities of all ages, including the development and implementation of the National Strategic Plan for Persons with Disabilities, the Child Protection Act, and the National Hotline to Protect Persons with Disabilities from Abuse and Neglect.
The policy of protecting people of determination from abuse touched on four types of abuse that included physical, sexual, emotional, material or financial abuse. The policy defined abuse as any act, act, or failure to react, leading to a violation of the rights of the person who is vulnerable to abuse, his freedom, his physical and mental integrity, and his dignity or public interest, whether intentionally or through neglect, including sexual relations or transactions Financial that he did not approve or was unable to approve.
Establishing unified coordination mechanisms between the relevant authorities responsible for protecting those with determination.