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).
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