Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Individuals with Disabilities Will Be Protected… Near East University Disability Rights Monitoring Committee Established…
Date Added: 02 August 2019, 08:09
Last Updated Date:18 November 2020, 12:55

The Disability Rights Monitoring Committee was established in accordance with the mission of making the universal rights of disabled citizens in need of special services visible in every field and offering scientific solutions in this sense.

Near East University Disability Rights Monitoring Committee was established to monitor the rights of people with disabilities and support the supervisory bodies in all areas of the society within the scope of human rights.

The members of the committee, of which the president is Prof. Dr. Zehra Altınay, are Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dudu Özkum Yavuz, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fevzi Kasap, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hatice Bebiş, Assist. Prof. Dr. Ayhan Dolunay, Assist. Prof. Dr. Nazım Burgul, Assist. Prof. Dr. Kaan Uyar. The Committee will carry out voluntary work within the scope of monitoring and controlling the rights of people with disabilities.

Social consciousness will be generated...
The committee, by contributing the development of social consciousness, will guide the society and institutions to improve the service quality of disabled individuals in all fields of special education, health, sports, law, communication, engineering, architecture, and so on. The Disability Rights Monitoring Committee, which aims to become a reference committee for the construction of a social structure that does not allow any discrimination, restriction and privilege by using scientific methods for the rights of people with disabilities, will also organize informative, educational and guiding activities.

The Committee will carry out activities to raise awareness of the necessity of supervision on the rights of persons with disabilities, conduct activities related to the social welfare and problems of the TRNC in relation to these issues, carry out research, investigations, and to produce projects as well as encouraging the relevant persons and groups in this direction. It will also organize seminars and events at national and international level.