concerning the Reform and Rehabilitation Centres, and the executive regulations of the Law, and the National Institution also praises the approval of the Council of Ministers of creating a new regulation named “the flexible work permit” which provides an alternative to utilizing irregular manpower, while the Third Axis addressed the judicial measures related to the execution of the convention in compliance with the Reform and Rehabilitation Centres Law. 16. The Fourth Axis on the other measures included the courses and workshops which the National Institution held related to the Anti-Torture Convention during the previous period, and the training programs it holds annually such as the legal training program for the Police in cooperation with the Royal Academy Of Police, and the training program specialized in human rights for beginner lawyers, and the program of the judges of the future in cooperation with Higher Judicial Council. 17. While the Fifth Axis contained the comments of the National Institution concerning practical practices, including inaugurating the application of presenting complaints by smart phones, and the updating of the official website which facilitated the procedures for the complaint submitters, in addition to the visits undertaken by the Institution to the Reform and Rehabilitation Centers during the previous period, in addition to the media and social media or local newspapers, and the Institution also indicated that it has found substantial response from the executive authorities, and particularly the Ministry of Interior, where cooperation was strengthened for the sake of enhancing the performance of the employees entrusted with applying the law in line with the international human and basic rights standards, and there was also a response to a number of the inquiries of the Committee related to the role of the Institution in promoting and protecting human rights, such through the interactive dialogue session with the committee members. 18. Moreover, the National Institution participated in the meetings of the 27th session of the taskforce concerned with the compressive regular review of the Kingdom of Bahrain in Geneva Switzerland, where the National Institution has submitted its parallel report of the regular review mechanism, and the Institution showed through its participation in the meetings the significant transformations witnessed by the Kingdom of Bahrain since His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa assumed the throne, represented in an enhanced commitment to democracy and human rights, and it also indicated the positive efforts exerted by the Kingdom in dealing with the recommendations of the comprehensive regular review particularly in the field of criminal justice, child and anti-trafficking law, and it lauded the role performed by the Government in providing the suitable climate for freedom of thought, opinion, expression and belief. 19. Furthermore, the Institution partook in the deliberations of the 36th session of the Human Rights Council, through which the response of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the findings and recommendations of the taskforce concerned with the comprehensives review of the Kingdom of Bahrain was adopted. 20. Also, the National Institution participated in the thirteenth session of the Arab Human Rights Council (Charter Committee) particular to discussing the first regular report submitted by the State of Qatar, alongside its participation in the twelfth session of the Arab Human Rights Committee to discuss the first report submitted by the State of Kuwait. 45

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