Arab Charter on Human Rights, ratified by Law No. (7) of 2006. The proceedings of the Session
demonstrated an interactive dialogue over two days, during which the Committee presented
its questions and inquiries regarding the Kingdom of Bahrain’s compliance with the provisions
stipulated in the Arab Charter on Human Rights and its implementation of the rights and freedoms
contained therein. The delegation of the Kingdom provided detailed and comprehensive answers
to the queries and questions raised by the Committee, which are represented in the abundant
achievements of the Kingdom.
14. In the same context, the NIHR participated in the annual meeting of the Global Alliance of
National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) on the sideline of the fortieth session of the Human
Rights Council in Geneva. The NIHR, in its capacity as a member, participated in the annual
meeting of the Asia Pacific Forum (APF) of the national institutions that are members of this regional
network, where the financial and administrative report was explained and a presentation was
made about the operational plan and strategy for the next two years, and issues related to human
rights in Asia and Pacific region were also discussed. At the end of the meeting, the Working
Group on Persons with Disabilities was elected, with the New Zealand National Institution and
the Philippines National Institution winning to represent the APF at the Global Alliance of National
Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI).
15. Moreover, a delegation of the NIHR participated, over three days at the Rabat Institute in the
Kingdom of Morocco, in a workshop organized by the National Council for Human Rights in
Morocco and the Arab Network of National Human Rights Institutions, on GANHRI’s accreditation
of the Arab national human rights institutions. A number of Arab national human rights institutions
participated in the workshop, which aims to enable national institutions to follow an effective
methodology in the accreditation process, and to provide them with the information necessary to
submit the completed compliance statement file to the Sub-Committee on Accreditation (SCA), The
program of the workshop was divided into five stages, during which the accreditation process,
mechanism for preparing the file, simulation of telephone interviews, and how to implement the
recommendations of the SCA by a comprehensive application of the various elements of the
accreditation process.
16. The NIHR has also participated in the proceedings of the International Conference on the role of
national human rights institutions in following up on the implementation of Sustainable Development
Goals, which was organized by the Arab Network for National Human Rights Institutions in
coordination with the Egyptian National Council for Human Rights in Sharm El Sheikh in the
Arab Republic of Egypt. At the conclusion of the conference, a number of recommendations on
the work mechanism of national institutions and their cooperation with governments, civil society
institutions, international bodies, and organizations were made, in addition to highlighting the
challenges facing the relevant organizations and United Nations bodies and stakeholders.
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