it is fully connected to the right to life, health and food. During the event, which extended for two
consecutive days targeting primary school students at Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq Primary School for Boys
and Al-Nabih Saleh Primary School for Girls, an overview of the role of the NIHR in promoting
and protecting human rights in the Kingdom, especially the right to a healthy environment was
presented, as well as providing an overview of the importance of recycling and finding ideal
solutions for waste disposal.
Nineteenth: Comprehensive Awareness Program in the Field of Human Rights for Expatriate
Workers
84. In the framework of raising the awareness of residents of their rights and duties, the NIHR
organized an awareness lecture on its role in promoting and spreading a culture of human rights
and the mechanism for receiving and following-up complaints for a number of representatives of
embassies in the Kingdom of Bahrain, a number of Rotary Club members, and St Peters Church
as part of the comprehensive awareness program in the field of human rights of expatriate
workers. This initiative enhances the work of the NIHR in the field of human rights protection,
especially the rights of expatriate workers, by building bridges of communication with various
foreign communities in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Number of activities organized by the NIHR and the beneficiaries during 2019
Number of Activities
Number of Beneficiaries
85 activity
4330 beneficiaries
Table containing the percentage of target groups in the NIHR’s activities during 2019
Target Group
School and university students
Percentage
24%
Civil society institutions
18.75%
Public sector
18.75%
Law enforcement officials
5.5%
The media
5.5%
Diplomatic corps
5.5%
Private sector
5.5%
Person with disability
5.5%
Children
5.5%
Expatriate workers
5.5%
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