NIHR also monitors any violations of human rights, collects, analyses and reports relevant data in order to end these violations, and recommends taking a corrective action thereon. NIHR handles received complaints and monitored human right violations in accordance with a clear and specific mechanism which is published and disseminated to the public. (V) FIELD VISITS In the context of its mandate to promote and protect human rights in the Kingdom, NIHR conducts field visits regularly to places of detention, penal institutions, reform facilities and all relevant places. These field visits are conducted in coordination with the competent ministries, in order to verify the truth of complaints received by NIHR, propose appropriate solutions, make recommendations to improve the services provided in these places in the interest of human rights, and follow up and monitor sit-ins, strikes and protests. (VI) PARTICIPATION IN THE PREPARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS NATIONAL PLANS During the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action 1993 2, the World Conference on Human Rights recommended that each State consider the desirability of drawing up a national action plan identifying steps whereby that State would improve the promotion and protection of human rights. When drawing up its own action plan, each State should determine priorities in the field of human rights and identify the appropriate tools that would be used to implement the said plan. A national action plan to improve human rights in the Kingdom cannot be drafted without concerted efforts between the executive authority, NIHR and civil society institutions. Therefore, the role of NIHR focuses on providing help, along with the relevant authorities, to draw up national action plans for human rights in the Kingdom as well as the mechanism for implementing this plan in accordance with a clear strategy, specific objectives and a set period of time. 2 Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action (1993): Section II, Paragraph C: Cooperation, development and strengthening of human rights. Clause 71 states: “The World Conference on Human Rights recommends that each State consider the desirability of drawing up a national action plan identifying steps whereby that State would improve the promotion and protection of human rights.” Adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights, Vienna, 14-25 June 1993, U.N. Doc. A/CONF.157/24 (Part I). 8

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