and some behaviors that have a negative impact on human health, focusing on the importance
and need for positive thinking, which has a significant impact on changing people’s lifestyle for
the better.
44. In this regard, the NIHR has participated in a number of awareness-raising events organized
by the Institute of Judicial and Legal Studies coinciding with some international events and days,
the most important of which are: the introductory symposium “The rights and guarantees of the
Bahraini author in the information society”, coinciding with the World Book and Copyright Day;
and the training session “Sports Day from a legal and societal perspective”, coinciding with the
National Sports Day of the Kingdom of Bahrain.
45. The NIHR also participated in a symposium on “The National Environment Strategy and the
Kingdom’s Efforts for Sustainable Development”, which was organized by the Institute of Judicial
and Legal Studies in cooperation with the Supreme Council for Environment, coinciding with the
National Environment Day of the Kingdom of Bahrain.
46. Regarding holding and organizing conferences, and on the occasion of the seventieth anniversary
of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Royal University for Women, in cooperation
with the NIHR, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the International Peace Institute
- Middle East and North Africa (IPI-MENA), and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
to the Kingdom of Bahrain, organized the a Forum to highlight the importance, legacy, and
values of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a platform to raise awareness of human
rights laws and policies at the national, regional, and international levels. Representatives from
the government sector and members of the diplomatic corps, as well as academics, media
professionals, and a number of people interested in issues related to human rights, participated
in the Forum. During the forum, the NIHR presented an introductory paper on “The Role of the
National Institution for Human Rights in the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in the
Kingdom of Bahrain”, focusing on the role of the NIHR in implementing the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights.
Ninth: The Legal Clinic and Human Rights Program at the University of Bahrain (Division of
the National Institution for Human Rights)
47. To activate the memorandum of understanding with the University of Bahrain to support the Legal
Clinic and Human Rights Program that aims to provide law students with a number of practical
skills through hands-on-legal experience that enables them to connect academic education with
the practical reality, and to develop their legal and human rights capabilities, the NIHR has
effectively contributed to the “Legal Clinic and Human Rights” program for the second semester of
2018-2019 and the first semester of 2019-2020. This program provides hands-on training for
students of the College of Law to acquire skills in the field of human rights, through workshops and
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