5. Hence the goals which the proposal seeks to achieve represented in the preparation of a comprehensive
strategic plan include mechanisms and procedures necessary for dealing with human rights reports
provided they include integrated plans to confront the misinformation stated in those reports and
revealing the true picture of the Kingdom, which the NIHR finds as theoretically actualized through
the jurisdictions assigned to the High Coordinating Committee for Human Rights.
6. However, it is the view of the NIHR that the proposal entails a call that emanates from a keenness
to protect the public interest in terms of the necessity of expediting the preparation of a plan or a
comprehensive national strategy for human rights at the level of the Kingdom of Bahrain, in which
coalesce all efforts whether the relevant governmental quarters or other powers and quarters such
as the legislative authority through the Shura Council and the House of Representatives, and the
NIHR which considers the Paris Principles as a legal frame of reference, in addition to the civil
society organizations operating in the human rights field, and it would not be possible to ignore
the role played by labor unions and professional associations, particular those that are connected
to the segment deserving of care (woman, child, elderly, physically handicapped) along with the
importance for the strategy to rest upon a process of societal consultation which is of immense
importance for crystallizing the seminal aims of this plan, given that they are quarters directly or
indirectly concerned with human rights.
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7. Moreover, the NIHR perceives the importance of laying down a mechanism to deal with particular
aspects related to events and developments pertaining to human rights, so as to undercut any pretext
or legitimate reason for issuing reports or statements damaging to the image of the Kingdom, such
by means of clarifying what relates to any criticism with transparency and realism through the
following: a) Ascertain the occurrence of a violation and establish its credence, through gathering
evidence and communicating with the relevant official quarters in the Kingdom, with a view to
establishing the details of what occurred. B) In case it is proven that the violation did not actually
take place the decided mechanism should be capable of refuting it by providing evidence and proof
that it did not occur. C) In case it is proven that the violation took place it is necessary to reveal the
truth, the actual events and the measures taken, particularly those measures aiming to prevent the
recurrence of the violation, and specifically action taken concerning those concerned with applying
the law, such given that the international organizations are interested in remedial action and are
keen on the measures taken for the violation not to recur and do not desire hearing justifications.
In this context it is necessary to allude to the actual reality, and to indicate the measures taken, such
given that admission of what took place and endeavoring to rectify the situation and bringing those
that committed violation to justice is what bolsters credibility and undercuts the allegations when
they are exploited for human rights purposes. D) It is important to emphasize that the convergence
of all the governmental and non-governmental efforts in the Kingdom represents the only way to
human dignity and endeavoring to promote and safeguard human rights, and this demands serious
efforts to lay down a national human rights strategy, in order to manifest what the Kingdom has
achieved across the previous decades, and to underscore what is required to safeguard the rights
and freedoms of the coming generations of the sons of this munificent homeland.
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