and some behaviors that have a negative impact on human health, focusing on the importance and need for positive thinking, which has a significant impact on changing people’s lifestyle for the better. 44. In this regard, the NIHR has participated in a number of awareness-raising events organized by the Institute of Judicial and Legal Studies coinciding with some international events and days, the most important of which are: the introductory symposium “The rights and guarantees of the Bahraini author in the information society”, coinciding with the World Book and Copyright Day; and the training session “Sports Day from a legal and societal perspective”, coinciding with the National Sports Day of the Kingdom of Bahrain. 45. The NIHR also participated in a symposium on “The National Environment Strategy and the Kingdom’s Efforts for Sustainable Development”, which was organized by the Institute of Judicial and Legal Studies in cooperation with the Supreme Council for Environment, coinciding with the National Environment Day of the Kingdom of Bahrain. 46. Regarding holding and organizing conferences, and on the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Royal University for Women, in cooperation with the NIHR, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the International Peace Institute - Middle East and North Africa (IPI-MENA), and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Kingdom of Bahrain, organized the a Forum to highlight the importance, legacy, and values of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a platform to raise awareness of human rights laws and policies at the national, regional, and international levels. Representatives from the government sector and members of the diplomatic corps, as well as academics, media professionals, and a number of people interested in issues related to human rights, participated in the Forum. During the forum, the NIHR presented an introductory paper on “The Role of the National Institution for Human Rights in the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in the Kingdom of Bahrain”, focusing on the role of the NIHR in implementing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Ninth: The Legal Clinic and Human Rights Program at the University of Bahrain (Division of the National Institution for Human Rights) 47. To activate the memorandum of understanding with the University of Bahrain to support the Legal Clinic and Human Rights Program that aims to provide law students with a number of practical skills through hands-on-legal experience that enables them to connect academic education with the practical reality, and to develop their legal and human rights capabilities, the NIHR has effectively contributed to the “Legal Clinic and Human Rights” program for the second semester of 2018-2019 and the first semester of 2019-2020. This program provides hands-on training for students of the College of Law to acquire skills in the field of human rights, through workshops and 77

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