Human Rights in the Constitutions of the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries (GCCC): Texts and Realities

摘要

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).