National Institution for Human Rights in the Kingdom of
Bahrain: Human Rights Education Program
National Institution for Human Rights

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is Majesty the King established the National Institution for
Human Rights (nihr) on 10 November 2009 by Royal Order No.
46 of 2009, and granted it mandates and powers in line with theParis Principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (United Nations General Assembly
Resolution 48/134, 1993).
Further independence for the nihr was sought and four years later, theCouncil of Representatives and the Shura Council endorsed Law No. 26 of2014 establishing the National Institution for Human Rights, which was issued by His Majesty the King.
Based on the observations of the Sub-Committee on Accreditation of
the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (ganhri) and toensure the introduction of a model law that is an outstanding addition to
the status of human rights in the Kingdom of Bahrain, His Majesty the Kingissued Decree Law No. 20 of 2016, to amend the previous law of 2014.
Nihr is a permanent and effective member of ganhri, and the Asia
Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (apf). Nihr can participate actively in the Human Rights Council sessions, and treaty bodymeetings, Special Procedures, Sub-committees and Working Groups, andacts as an independent institution that aims to promote and protect humanrights.
In order to achieve its goals and desired results for the protection anddevelopment of human rights, the nihr has defined the scope of its workand terms of reference as follows:• Participate in the formulation and implementation of a national
plan for the promotion and protection of human rights;• Study human rights legislation, recommend amendments or propose the enactment of new legislation, and ensure compatibility of
the laws with regional and international treaties;
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Submit an annual report on progress in the human rights situation, the efforts of the nihr and its activities, and the submissionof parallel reports;
Receive and examine human rights complaints, refer them to thecompetent authorities, clarify the relevant procedures and monitor
violations of human rights;
Conduct announced and unannounced field visits, and monitor
the human rights situation in correction facilities and detention
centers;
Cooperate with national bodies, regional and international organizations, as well as relevant institutions in other countries that workfor the promotion and protection of human rights; and hold meetings and joint activities, cooperate, coordinate and consult withcivil society and non-governmental organizations (ngos) and human rights defenders; andHost conferences and organize training and educational events, andissue newsletters, printed materials, statistical and special reports.

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NIHR Strategies and Action Plans
NIHR Strategy and Action Plan (2015-2018):
This nihr adopted the Strategy and Action Plan (2015-2018) (Strategy)
that represented the goals envisaged by His Majesty the King’s initiative under Law No. 26 of 2014. The Strategy has five main themes:
1. Engagement in human rights protection efforts;
2. Promotion of efforts toward legislative development and review;
3. Participation in the preparation of an extensive national programfor human rights education;
4. Preparation of a specialized program to promote citizenship rights
and support its values; and5. Reinforcement of cooperation at the national, regional, and international levels.
NIHR Strategy and Action Plan (2019-2021):
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with the international human rights principles, frameworks and best practices. It focuses on the following four main strategic goals:
1. Environmental Impact on Human Rights;
2. Human Rights for Sustained Economic Development;
3. The Right to Equal Opportunities; and4. Promotion of Human Rights Principles in Civil Society andBusiness.
Overview of the Role of the NIHR
The provisions of Law No. 26 of 2014 establishing the nihr, amended by
Decree-law No. 20 of 2016, emphasize its role in the field of human rights
promotion. Article No. 12 affirms a constellation of jurisdictions of the nihr
for purposes of achieving its goals in this field, including participation inlaying down and implementing a national plan for promoting human rights
at the level of the Kingdom of Bahrain, and studying the existing legislations
and regulations related to human rights and to recommend the amendments
it deems appropriate, especially those related to the harmony of those legislations with the international human rights commitments of the Kingdomof Bahrain, and to recommend enacting new legislations related to humanrights.
The law provides the nihr the authority to discuss the harmonizationof laws and organizational stipulations with the regional and international
conventions concerned with human rights issues, including the recommendation to accede to concerned regional and international conventions, topresent parallel reports, to contribute to formulating and discussing the reports which the Kingdom of Bahrain undertakes to submit regularly andto express observations on them, in compliance with regional and international conventions particular to human rights, to spread them in the media,
and to cooperate with national bodies and regional and international organizations and the relevant institutions in other countries concerned withpromoting human rights.
Moreover, those provisions entrusted the nihr to hold conferences, toorganize educational and training seminars and courses in the field of human rights, to conduct research and studies in this regard, and to participate
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statements and special reports and to post them in its website.
In conformity with the law, the nihr played an active role in the fieldof promoting human rights by publishing a number of educational bulletins and printed materials related to human rights, the holding of a numberof seminars and lectures, and the signing of a number of Memorandumsof Understanding with various civil society organizations and concerned
regional parties. It also played an effective tool in the field of legislative
review in cooperation with the Council of Representatives and the ShuraCouncil, in addition to its regional and international participation in numerous seminars, workshops, training courses and conferences connected to its
activities.
Concerning international human rights conventions, the Kingdomof Bahrain ratified and acceded to seven basic international conventions
related to human rights out of a total of nine basic international instruments: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in accordancewith Law No. 56 of 2006, and International Covenant on Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights in accordance with Law No. 10 of 2007, International
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination in accordance with Decree No. 8 of 1990, Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Discrimination against Women in accordance with Decree-Law
No. 5 of 2002.
Moreover, the Kingdom of Bahrain acceded to the Convention against
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
in accordance with the Decree-Law No. 4 of 1998, the United Nations
Convention on the Rights of the Child in accordance with the Decree-Law
No. 16 of 1991, and finally the Kingdom of Bahrain ratified the Convention
on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in accordance with Law No. 22
of 2011. The Kingdom of Bahrain has not ratified or acceded to date to theInternational Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All MigrantWorkers which was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly(unga) on 18 December 1990, and the International Convention for theProtection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, which was adopted
by the unga on 20 December 2006.
While acceding to or ratifying the basic human rights international conventions requires the signatory states to submit as an obligation tentative or
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sible for monitoring the extent of the progress achieved by those states in
implementing their obligations, the Kingdom of Bahrain has fulfilled its obligations in submitting its preliminary report concerning the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the regular reports concerning Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment.
Within the framework of the NIHR building bridges of cooperation
with academic quarters operating in the human rights field, it signed twomemorandums of understanding with the Royal Police Academy and the
Human Rights Institute of Lyon in France for future cooperation in the human rights field.
Regarding partnership with concerned local, regional and international
quarters, the nihr has held consultative activities with a number of ambassadors and diplomats accredited in the Kingdom of Bahrain, and also with
the international organizations and bodies concerned with human rights
affairs, in addition to a set of regional and international experts operating in
the human rights field. They discussed a number of topics, most prominently, the establishment of the nihr, its legal framework, and its role in promoting and protecting human rights, in addition to the role of those institutions and their activities related to human rights, the means for bolstering
joint support and cooperation between the two parties, and the readiness ofthe nihr to offer its experience in the field of training in human rights cases
and building the capacity of the affiliates and personnel of those institutions regarding the various international human rights conventions and theobligations of the Kingdom of Bahrain under them, and the international
mechanisms related to the UN Human Rights Council.
The nihr participated in the meetings of the ganhri and the regional
meetings of the Asia Pacific Forum (apf) in Geneva, Switzerland.
Statements and Publications
NIHR Statements1
Nihr participated in international events related to promoting humanrights in the society. It issued in 2017 a number of statements on different occasions, such as: International Women’s Day, Arab Human Rights
Day, International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, World
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of Peace.
During 2018, thirteen statements were issued on these and other occasions (International Workers’ Day, World Day against Trafficking in Persons,International Day of Democracy, International Day of Older Persons,International Day of the Girl Child, Human Rights Day, Universal Children’s
Day and Bahraini Women’s Day).
NIHR Publications2
As to the publication of printed materials, the nihr printed a numberof international and regional documents in Arabic and English languages
related to human rights, such as the Paris Principles related to the National
Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Universal

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Declaration of Human Rights (udhr), International Covenant on Civil andPolitical Rights, and the two Annexed Protocols, International Covenant
on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Arab Charter on Human Rights(achr), Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam (cdhri), and theConstitution of the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Nihr published a colouring book concerned with child rights, which
was distinguished by its addressing children about their rights in a simple
language and beautiful drawings, in both English and Arabic languages.

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Nihr also published a flyer for children to promote the articles in theudhr.

Flyers for children.

Nihr also published a leaflet about its role and the procedures for receiving complaints in six different languages: Arabic, English, Filipino, Hindi,
Malayalam and Thai. Nihr also distributed bookmarks to spread awarenesson its role in protecting and promoting human rights in the society.

NIHR leaflet about its role and the procedures for receiving complaints in six different
languages.

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Nihr published four books under the human rights cultural series publications, where the first book entitled Rights of the Worker in light of the
Bahraini Labour Code, the International and Arab Labour Standards andHuman Rights, with five chapters addressing the right to work, the financial
and non-financial rights of the worker, the rights of the worker after the
expiry of the employment contract and the guarantees for securing theserights. The second book was entitled Human Rights in the Code of Criminal
Procedure, with eleven chapters dealing with the human right to dignity,
non-restriction of freedom, the sanctity of private life, and the right of theaccused to be tried before a neutral judge, and the right of the accused toexercise the rights to defence, presumption of innocence, and the right toa fair and full trial, the right to appeal decisions, and the right of the accused to raise the invalidity of the illegitimate criminal procedures and forthe court to preclude illegitimate evidence, in addition to the right of theaccused to abatement of criminal proceedings and the punishment by virtueof prescription.
The third book was entitled The National Institution for Human Rights
in the Kingdom of Bahrain, with three chapters regarding the human rights“concept and frameworks” and the national institutions for human rights,
and the National Institution in the Kingdom of Bahrain in terms of establishment, formation, duties, powers and independence, in addition to themechanism for receiving complaints, monitoring, national and international cooperation in the field of human rights, the action plan and future
horizons.
The fourth book on Human Rights Culture Series entitled Legal
Protection for Persons with Disabilities between Reality and Hope was published. It focuses on the idea of underlining the need to empower people
with disabilities to achieve comprehensive and fair sustainable development, noting that the empowerment of people with special needs is an integral part in the Economic Vision of Bahrain, 2030.
Human Rights Reporting
The nihr has submitted parallel reports to United Nations treaty bodies
such as the Committee Against Torture (cat), Human Rights Committee(ccpr), Committee on the Right of the Child (crc), and the Universal
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In the same context, and by virtue of the interaction of the nihr withthe regional mechanisms in the field of promoting and protecting humanrights, it submitted its parallel report to the Charter Committee concerning
the first regular report of the Kingdom of Bahrain on the progress achieved
in applying the provisions of the Arab Charter on Human Rights (achr),
ratified by Law No. 7 of 2006. The nihr prepared its parallel report in accordance with the methodology adopted by the Charter Committee regarding
the civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights covered in the achr,with a view to presenting a number of recommendations it deems suitablefor improving the respect for human rights in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
NIHR Activities3
As an expression of interaction between the nihr and the various segmentsof society, it undertook a number of field visits to the local communities
with a view to presenting an overview of what it does and the services it
offers in the field of protecting and promoting human rights. The mostprominent places visited were: King Hamad University Hospital, Salmaniya
Medical Complex, Psychiatric Hospital, Al-Jazeera Cultural Center, Facultyof Law in the Royal University for Women (ruw), uco Parents Care Center.
The nihr received on 4 February 2018 in its Training Center in Seef
District the first batch of students under its cooperation program with theCollege of Law in the Royal University for Women (ruw) based on their
Memorandum of Understanding on human rights. This is in line with thenihr’s role in disseminating and promoting a culture of awareness of therespect for human rights among members of the society.
The event was inaugurated by the Secretary-General of the nihr who,
in wishing all the students success, stressed the importance of the programin helping increase the legal and human rights skills necessary to engage inthe labor market and respond to its requirements, with a view to achieving
the goal of contributing to serving the Kingdom of Bahrain.
The program features the participation of a number of specialist cadresfrom the staff of the nihr and continues for a full semester, three days aweek. It was attended by a number of students selected by the College of
Law in the university.
This event falls within the mandate of the nihr in the area of promotion
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tivities and training courses for all segments of society, especially university
students, on subjects related to human rights.

Visit of RUW student to the NIHR headquarters.

With a view to enriching the academic and intellectual understanding of
human rights among the public, the nihr held a seminar on “Human Rights
and the Environment,” which aimed to spread and instil the principles of theculture of environmental right in institutional and social practices, develop
awareness and devote care to the right to the environment, and ensure thesafeguarding of this right from any faulty practices. The seminar took up
the topics on the legal, administrative and judicial mechanisms for protecting the environment, and the social responsibility of promoting the cultureof environmental protection. This seminar was characterized by the wide

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participation of the representatives of the executive, legislative and judicial
branches of State, civil society organizations, and a number of people interested in environmental issues.
In conformity with its strategy and action plan in spreading the culture of human rights in line with the best international practices, the nihr
has through sms and social media4 implemented an awareness-raising campaign aiming to foster the culture of awareness of the rights of domestic
workers in accordance with national laws and relevant international and regional instruments and conventions.
With a view to promoting and developing
the culture of human rights in the Kingdom of
Bahrain for the various segments of society,both public and civil, the nihr participated in
the fifth season of the Al-Basta Market eventin the Bahrain International Circuit where avariety of its human rights publications were
distributed, in addition to a coloring book onchild rights which was distinctively addressing children about their rights in simple language and beautiful drawings. It should be
mentioned that the pavilion of the nihr hada big number of visitors - citizens and members of various communities residing in theKingdom of Bahrain.
Domestic workers awarenesscampaign.

The National Institution hosted students of the Royal Academy of Police (RAP) during its
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Moreover, the nihr, in striving to convert knowledge of human rights
into practical skills, held a training program for students of the ninth summer youth camp to prepare them for the future. They were students of theRoyal Police Academy who received human rights training on various topics (the right to life, the right to health care, and the right to care of thedisabled child) and voluntary work. In addition, the nihr held a lecture
on “International Humanitarian Law” for the law students of the Applied
Science University.
In this connection, the nihr contributed effectively to the “the legal
human rights clinic in the University of Bahrain,” a practical training pro-

University of Bahrain Legal Human Rights Clinic.

gram for the Faculty of Law students. The nihr held workshops and visualpresentations for fifteen weeks on its role in promoting human rights andon protecting human rights by discussing the mechanism for receiving complaints and related procedures, legal assistance and consultation service andthe processes of monitoring human rights violations.
In line with its role in the dissemination and promotion of the culture ofhuman rights among different groups of society, the nihr organized an introductory lecture on “nihr’s Role in Promotion and Protection of Human
Rights in Bahrain” for students of Human Rights Diploma (5th batch) andstudents of Social Service Diploma in Security Institutions (2nd batch), in
partnership with the Royal Academy of Police (RAP).
In the same context, and emanating from its relationship with the civilsociety which is considered a fundamental partner in promoting, protecting
and enhancing human rights, the nihr organized in cooperation with the
Embassy of the Netherlands a training program targeting civil society organizations in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The program aimed to enhance and160

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Training for the 5th batch of students of the Human Rights Diploma and students of Social
Service Diploma in Security Institutions, Royal Academy of Police.

NIHR event with Civil Societies.

develop the capacities of civil society organizations in the field of humanrights and to convey to them the culture and way of life supporting humanrights. Three hundred and eighty individuals from civil society organizations and affiliates participated in the program.
Actually, the training program tackled a number of topics related toraising the awareness and capacities of those affiliated to civil society organizations regarding their role in protecting and promoting human rights.
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of opinion and expression, methodology in preparing parallel legal reports,
and monitoring and documentation in the field of human rights.
Moreover, the nihr devoted attention to the training of the youth sector, by organizing an intensive program for the youth in cooperation with
the Embassy of Netherlands under the heading: “Youth Leadership for Peaceand Human Rights.” The program addressed topics related to peace and human rights, and most importantly: human rights and good governance, theprocess of peace building, and advocacy campaigns. Around fifteen youth
availed of this program including those affiliated to youth associations anduniversity students.
Moreover, the nihr was keen on building the capacity of its staff by participating in a number of workshops and local training courses, including a
training course on the rights and duties of an employee in Bahraini legislation, a training course on the analysis and interpretation skills to produce
synergy between national legislations and international human rights standards, a training course on the international, regional and national mechanisms for promoting and protecting human rights, a training course on
monitoring and documenting in the field of human rights, a training course
in international humanitarian law, and a workshop elucidating the mechanism on legislative proposal project of the government sector.
The nihr held a workshop in cooperation with the British Foreign andCommonwealth Office under the title “Fair Trial Guarantees.” The workshop
addressed a number of subjects including the international system and its
mechanisms for protecting human rights, fair trial guarantees in accordancewith the international standards, regional and international agreements onfair trial guarantees and pre- and post-trial rights.
Nihr conducted a training program for the National Security staff
from January to September 2018, including a series of workshops, training
courses and integrated awareness lectures regarding national human rights
mechanisms, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhumanor Degrading Treatment or Punishment (cat) and its Optional Protocol,
as well as a review of the international treaty mechanisms of the Human
Rights Council.
On the occasion of the World Down Syndrome Day, which falls on the
21st of March every year, the nihr organized a roundtable on the reality surrounding people with Down syndrome in the Kingdom of Bahrain, attended
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Shura Council and civil society representatives, as well as parents of people
with Down syndrome to discuss the challenges faced by people with Down
syndrome and their enjoyment of various rights and public freedoms.
The nihr organized a workshop on “the Rights of People living with
hiv/aids” in the Kingdom of Bahrain with the aim of identifying the rightsof people living with hiv/aids, providing them the means to obtain legal
protection, seeking to eliminate all forms of discrimination against people
living with hiv/aids, illustrating some of the misconceptions on the disease, raising legal awareness of the disease and enlightening the membersof the society about the danger of hiv/aids and ways of its transmission.
The nihr’s Secretariat-General, in cooperation with the Professional
Standards Bureau of the National Security Agency (nsa), held a seminaron the Code of Conduct of nsa personnel promulgated under Resolution
No. 31 of 2012. The seminar, presided by the Professional Standards Bureauof the nsa, discussed the doctrine of the nsa that is based on providing
security and safety throughout the country, while protecting the rights andfreedoms safeguarded by the Constitution and the laws.
The lecturer emphasized that the Professional Standards Bureau of thensa was established under Decree No. 28 of 2012 to supervise the objectives of the nsa based upon the respect for public rights and freedoms,
and stressed the duty of nsa personnel to perform their work in a mannerthat does not violate the provisions of the Constitution, the laws and theInternational Bill of Human Rights.
The nihr organized a capacity-building training course on humanrights monitoring and documentation covering a number of important
themes on human rights monitoring and documentation mechanism, theexperiences of the participating institutions on human rights monitoringand documentation, and the general concepts of monitoring economic andsocial rights, correctional institutions, detention centers, child rights andthe election process.
The program had two stages; the first stage was the online course. The
participants who obtained 70 percent and above grade were promoted toattend the two-day training (second stage). The program was attended bya number of staff members of the Ombudsman, Prisoners and Detainees
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nihr and the apf, which aims to implement capacity-building programsand train human rights facilitators.
The nihr participated in the 10th edition of the annual Bahrain Summer
Festival (July 2018), one of the most anticipated events in the Kingdom of
Bahrain due to its multi-cultural programs. The festival runs for two consecutive months and offers a variety of activities and workshops, especially forChild rights awareness lectures in Bahrain Summer Festival, July 2018.

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children. The nihr held a series of awareness lectures on child rights contained in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (crc), in which morethan four hundred children of different ages and their families participated.
Gifts and coloring books on child rights were distributed to the children,which encouraged them to understand their rights through drawings andbasic language, combining education and entertainment.
In April 2018, nihr launched the second edition of “My Rights” program. My Rights 2 program was organized by the nihr in partnershipwith Bahrain Institute for Political Development (bipd), Judicial and Legal(Top) NIHR at “My Rights 2” program, 11 July 2018. (Bottom) NIHR lecture entitled “Human
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Studies Institute (jlsi) and the Supreme Council for Women (scw), andit continued till the end of 2018. The program targeted employees of government institutions and members of civil society organizations. It had fivepackages, namely, the national institutions in the Kingdom of Bahrain, theculture of citizenship, the human rights skills, culture, the rights and free-

NIHR participation at “Youth City, 2030”, 30-31 July 2018.

doms and constitutional and human rights. For the 4th package, the nihr
presented a lecture entitled “Human Rights and Sustainable Development.”
The nihr participated in the events of Youth City 2030 organized by
the Ministry of Youth and Sports Affairs in cooperation with Tamkeen
Labor Fund, in an attempt to create a national partnership for the young
people and to develop their skills and intellect to enable them to shape theirpaths in all fields.
On the occasion of the International Literacy Day, the nihr in partnership of the Youth and Technology Association organized a workshop
entitled “The Role of Technology in Literacy.” The workshop was aimed at
introducing the participants to the importance of technology in eradicating
illiteracy by presenting the practical experiences of the Kingdom of Bahrainin the eradication of information illiteracy, the role of technology in developing skills and creating job opportunities for young people, as well as therole of civil society institutions in refining technical talents.

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The nihr organized a roundtable entitled “The Reality of People with
Autism Spectrum in Bahrain” that was attended by a number of Their
Excellency members of the Council of Representatives, the Shura Council,
representatives of relevant government agencies, civil society organizations
and a number of parents of persons with autism, in order to discuss someof the challenges that people with autism may face and their enjoyment ofvarious rights and public freedoms.
The event highlighted the suffering of young and old people with autism, and mostly focused on the needs of this group, the main challenges
they faced and how to integrate them into society since the main problem ofthis group lies in the community’s awareness of their situation.

NIHR event on “The Rights of the Girl Child,” 11 October 2018.

On the occasion of the International Day of the Girl Child (idgc), thenihr, in partnership with Shaikha Hessa Girls School, organized an awareness lecture entitled “The Rights of the Girl Child” for the girl students ofprimary school, in order to strengthen their culture on the rights of thegirl child and the most important rights of the girls in general and children
in particular. In the same context, the nihr organized a session about therights of children for the students of the same school during the celebrationof the Universal Children’s Day.
The nihr organized a training course entitled “Analysis andInterpretation Skills for Harmonizing National Legislation with International
Human Rights Standards.” The workshop was attended by a number of law
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Within the scope of its role in disseminating the culture of human rights
and raising awareness of residents on their rights and duties, the nihr organized awareness lectures on its competences and mechanism for submitting complaints for members of the Nepalese community, Sudanese Club in
the Kingdom of Bahrain and The Bahrain Keraleeya Samajam, and Filipino
residents in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The lecture for the Filipinos was heldat the Philippine Embassy.
Coinciding with Bahrain’s celebration of Bahraini Women’s Day, thenihr in cooperation with the Supreme Council for Women organized anawareness lecture on “The History of Bahraini Women in the Legislative
Field and Municipal Work.” The lecture, attended by the staff of the nihr’s
Secretariat-General, dealt with a number of essential themes in Bahraini
women’s march as well as the most important articles of the Constitution of
Bahrain and the National Action Charter on the Rights of Bahraini women,
the establishment of the Supreme Council for Women and its role in supporting women, and the role of women in the Government Action Program
2015 - 2018.
Also coinciding with the International Day of Disabled Persons, 3
December every year, the nihr launched a book on “Legal Protection for
Persons with Disabilities between Reality and Hope,” which is one of the
publications in the Human Rights Culture series. The book was written by
Salah Mohammed Diab, PhD, Associate Professor of Civil Law, Faculty ofLaw.
The nihr hosted a meeting with the Masters students of Criminal
and Police Sciences, Administrative and Security Sciences and Crisis
Management organized by the Royal Academy of Police, in order to inform
its academic staff about the work and services of the nihr in the promotion

NIHR event organized for Master’s students at the Royal Academy of Police, 4-5 December
2018.

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and protection of human rights, with a view to providing participants withpractical skills in this area.
The nihr participated in the 25th edition of Al Ayam Cultural Fair 2018
by distributing its publications to the public. This exhibition has an important role in enriching peoples’ consciousness and thought because of thevariety of participating publishing houses from Arab and other countries.
Statistics on NIHR Activities
The following table and charts show the number of activities held and their
participants in 2017 and 2018.
Table 1. Training events, programs and beneficiaries - 2017 and 2018
Subject

Number/Percentage
2017

2018

1

Number of Events

56

49

2

Number of Participants

1,218

2,773

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Chart 2. Training events, programs and beneficiaries - 2018.

Conclusion
As stated above, the main role of the nihr in Bahrain is to promote andprotect human rights. This is in addition to its work of striving to consolidate the relevant values and awareness of human rights, and ensuring thatthese values are practiced freely and independently, in line with the Paris
Principles which form the legal reference of its establishment.
Nihr believes that training and education are the main gateways for thepromotion of the culture of human rights for all groups in society. Therefore,
it will continue to put this mandate in its priority list in the coming years toreach its vision of turning human rights culture as a lifestyle for all.
Endnotes
1 See NIHR website, www.nihr.org.bh/en/About/Statement.
2 See NIHR website, www.nihr.org.bh/EN/eLibrary?type=2.
3 See NIHR website, www.nihr.org.bh/EN/News.
4 See NIHR twitter account, https://twitter.com/nihrbh; www.instagram.com/
nihrbh/.