26. Concurrently with the World Book Day which occurs on 23 April of every year, the National Institution
launched three books within the framework of the human rights cultural series publications,
where the first book pivots around “Rights of the worker in light of the Bahraini Labour Code, the
international and Arab labour standards and human rights” where it comes in five chapters which
address the right to work , the financial and non-financial rights of the worker, the rights of the
worker after the expiry of the employment contract and the guarantees for securing these rights,
and the second book was about “Human Rights in the Code of Criminal Procedure”, which is of
eleven chapters dealing with the human right to dignity, not restricting his freedom, the sanctity of
his private life, and the right of the accused to be tried before his natural judge, and the right of the
accused to exercise the rights to defence, presumption of innocence, and the right to a fair and full
trial, the right to appeal decisions, and the right of the accused to the invalidity of the illegitimate
criminal procedures and for the court to preclude illegitimate evidence, in addition to the right of
the accused to abatement of criminal proceedings and the punishment by virtue of prescription .
The third book was titled “The National Institution for Human Rights in the Kingdom of Bahrain,”
which occurs in three chapters, which pivot around human rights “concept and frameworks” and
the national institutions for human rights, and the National Institution in the Kingdom of Bahraini
terms of establishment, formation, duties, powers and independence, in addition to the mechanism
of receiving complaints, monitoring, national and international cooperation in the field of human
rights, the action plan and future horizons.
27. Actually, the Institution interacted with international events related to promoting human rights
in society, where it issued during the year 2017 a number of statements on the occasion of the
International Women’s Day, the Arab Human Rights Day, the International Day for the Elimination
of Racial Discrimination, the World Health Day, the World Press Freedom Day, the World Elder
Abuse Awareness Day, the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the International
Day of Peace, where these statements aimed to introduce the public and all those concerned with
the day or the international occasion, while stating its significance.
28. With a view to enriching the academic and intellectual aspects related to human rights among
the public, the National Intuition for Human Rights held a seminar on “Human Rights and the
Environment,” where this seminar aimed to spread and instil the principles of the culture of
environmental right in institutional practices and social concepts, to develop awareness and
devote care to the right to the environment, and to ensure safeguarding this right from any
faulty practices. Actually, the seminar treated the topic of the legal, administrative and judicial
mechanisms for protecting the environment, and the topic of social responsibility to promote the
culture of environmental protection. This seminar was characterized by the wide participation of
the representatives of the executive, legislative and judicial authority, civil society organizations,
and a number of those interested in environmental issues.
29. In conformity with the strategy and action plan of the institution in the field of spreading the culture
of human rights in accordance with best practices in line with international standards, the National
Institution has through SMSs and social media implemented an awareness raising campaign aiming
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