Tenth: Organizing events with civil society organizations concerned with
human rights
26. In conjunction with the Kingdom of Bahrain’s celebrations of the nineteenth
anniversary of voting on the National Action Charter (NAC), the Al-Marsad
Society for Human Rights held the human rights symposium “The National
Action Charter... Renaissance and Achievements”, in the presence of several
deputies, experts, academics and researchers from various governorates of
the Kingdom. During the human rights symposium, the NIHR presented two
lectures: the first shed light on the “legal value of the National Action Charter
and jurisprudential opinions regarding the value of rights charters and
declarations issued by states.” The second lecture was entitled “The National
Action Charter’s relationship to human rights and its role in promoting them.”
27. The Al-Marsad society for Human Rights also organized the second human
rights forum under the slogan “Human Rights and Their Applications in the
Field of Artificial Intelligence”, in contribution to raising awareness of the
concept of artificial intelligence and its applications in the fields of life, and to
show its impact on human rights, as well as to propose and discuss legislation
supporting it. It was attended by several deputies, experts, academics, and
researchers from different governorates of the Kingdom. During the forum,
the NIHR presented a working paper on “The future of human rights in the
age of artificial intelligence.”
Eleventh: Organizing an awareness lecture for the employees of Bahrain
Aluminum Company, (Alba)
28. The NIHR organized an awareness lecture for the employees of Bahrain
Aluminum Company, (Alba)), on “the role of the NIHR in promoting and
protecting human rights in general, and the rights of private sector employees
in particular”, in activation of the NIHR’s role in promoting and disseminating
a culture of human rights among all segments of society, and developing
awareness of national, regional, and international standards related to human
rights.
29. The lecture dealt with the law establishing the NIHR, the efforts and activities
undertaken by it, the services it provides to citizens and residents, in addition
to defining other national mechanisms related to the protection of human
rights, as well as displaying its strategy and action plan, and the most
prominent achievements it has attained in the field of human rights at the
local, regional, and international levels.
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