39. The NIHR also participated in a workshop on “Human Rights and Sustainable Development Goals” organized by the Standing Specific Committee on Human Rights in the Council of Representatives in the Kingdom of Bahrain, which coincided with the Arab Human Rights Day, which marks the anniversary of the entry into force of the Arab Charter on Human Rights on 16 March 2008. The NIHR presented a working paper, in which it indicated that its role is to promote and protect human rights principles, including the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It also emphasized that the NIHR always seeks to harmonize international and legal instruments and treaties with its obligations as a national human rights institution, and noted that there are international human rights obligations towards SDG’s. The NIHR’s paper also stressed the need for partnership between governments, civil society institutions and parliaments in order to achieve the SDG’s in accordance with the basic principles of human rights. 40. Coinciding with the World Press Freedom Day, which falls on 3 May of each year, the NIHR, in partnership with the Bahrain Journalists Association, organized a workshop on promoting a culture of human rights in the media. A number of journalists and media professionals from various agencies working in the field of journalism and media in the Kingdom participated in the workshop. 41. The first focal area of the aforementioned workshop dealt with “the role of the National Institution for Human Rights in promoting and protecting human rights”, where the most important functions of the NIHR and its effective role in the protection and promotion of human rights in the Kingdom of Bahrain and its work mechanism were presented. The second focal area addressed the “controls of exercising the freedom of opinion and expression”, in which a brief explanation was given about Decree-Law No. (47) of 2002 regarding the Organization of the Press, Printing and Publication, the most important duties and rights of journalists between the Law and the code of honor, response and correction mechanisms, and criminal responsibility in publishing offenses. This event is part of the NIHR’s strategy and action plan to spread awareness of human rights principles in civil society organizations and the business sector, and broaden cooperation between the NIHR and journalists and media professionals, believing in the importance of the media and its effective contribution to disseminate awareness of human rights. 42. In the area of raising awareness and capacities of its employees, the NIHR organized an awareness lecture on “the importance of physical fitness” in cooperation with the Bahrain Olympic Academy of the Bahrain Olympic Committee, coinciding with the Bahrain National Sports Day. 43. In addition, the NIHR, in partnership with the Bahrain Olympic Committee, organized a workshop entitled “Health and Happiness”, coinciding with the World Health Day, which falls on the seventh of April of each year. This event was organized to contribute to achieving the third goal of the SDG’s, which is “Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages.” During the workshop, a focus was placed on a number of methods that would bring a feeling of happiness, 76