publications, data, and special reports, and upload them on the NIHR
website.
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The provisions of the Law also reflect the role of the NIHR in the field
of human rights protection through receiving complaints related to
human rights and conducting field visits to monitor the situation of
human rights in detention centres.
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Article (12) of the same Law states in paragraph (e) that the NIHR is
entitled to “monitor violation of human rights instances, conduct the
necessary investigation, draw the attention of the competent
authorities and provide them with proposals on initiatives to put an
end to such violations and, where necessary, to express an opinion on
the reactions and positions of the competent authorities”. Moreover,
paragraph (f) stipulates NIHR’s authority to" receive, examine, and
consider complaints related to human rights, refer the complaints,
which NIHR deems necessary, to the relevant authorities, follow-up
the complaints effectively, or inform those concerned of the
procedures that should be applied, help them take such procedures, or
assist in the settlement of complaints with the relevant authorities”.
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With regard to field visits as one of the means of monitoring granted
to the NIHR, Article (12), paragraph (g), stipulates its mandate to
"perform announced and unannounced field visits to monitor human
rights situation in correction institutions, detention centres, labor calls
gathering, health and education centres, or any other public place in
which it is suspected that human rights violations are taking place”.
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