Requirement Three
Organizing Events and Training Programs
First: Distance training program in the field of human rights
7. Based on its establishing law, mandating the NIHR to spread the culture of
human rights among the various segments of society in accordance with
national and international standards, through proposing projects and
initiatives aimed at transforming knowledge of human rights into scientific
skills and daily practice by individuals in society, in their work and in their
private lives, and in response to and implementation of the precautionary
measures taken by the state to combat the spread of the coronavirus (Covid19), based on which studies were suspended in universities, institutes,
government and private schools and kindergartens, and to avoid gatherings,
meetings and working on social distancing, it became mandatory to organize
training programs on how to remotely use electronic means and advanced
technology.
8. Accordingly, a distance training program in the field of human rights was
organized for university students, whether studying in the Kingdom of Bahrain
or abroad, who have the desire to perform practical training related to their
academic requirements during the period extending from June to December
2020, and for employees of some government agencies, individuals and
researchers who possess a desire to know the mechanism of the NIHR’s
work (analysis and study of complaints and assistance provided, monitoring,
follow-up to public comments and statements of treaty bodies and special
procedures, the mechanism of writing reports and advisory opinions, and
research on human rights), where a series of lectures were presented to the
participants within the program, who were admitted in groups throughout the
year. Among the most prominent topics under focus were the role of the NIHR
in the field of promoting and protecting human rights in the Kingdom of
Bahrain, international human rights instruments, and standards for
announced and unannounced visits to reform and rehabilitation centers, and
the tasks and competencies of permanent committees of the Board of
Commissioners.
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