TITLE:
Human Rights in the Constitutions of the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries (GCCC): Texts and Realities
AUTHORS:
Samid A. Darawsheh
KEYWORDS:
Human Rights, Constitution, Gulf Cooperation Council Countries (GCCC), Democracy
JOURNAL NAME:
Beijing Law Review,
Vol.11 No.2,
May
27,
2020
ABSTRACT: This study addressed
the issue of human rights in the constitutions of the Gulf Cooperation Council
Countries (GCCC) by identifying human rights concept, development, and tracing
the state of human rights within the GCCC countries through constitutional
texts and practical application. The study is based on more than one scientific
method to verify the hypothesis; it used the descriptive, analytical, and legal
approaches. The study reached several conclusions, one being that there is no
shortage in the contents of the constitutional provisions of the (GCCC)
countries in terms of emphasis on human rights. However, practice in reality is
different from theoretical texts. In the end, the study came up with several
recommendations, including: the need for constitutional amendments in the
constitutions of the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries (GCCC) so that the new
texts include clear commitments to respect human rights, the inclusion of human
rights concepts in the curriculum, and the use of all means, the media in
particular, to spread the culture of human rights in the (GCCC).