virtually (online) in upcoming October, after it was postponed from last March because of coronavirus pandemic, and the current deliberations to determine a date for holding the meeting of the Sub-Committee on Accreditation (SCA) remotely. 20.The NIHR participated in the seminar held virtually on “Human rights dimensions of COVID-19: role and experiences of National Human Rights Institutions”, organized by the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI), in cooperation with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and the Permanent Mission of Norway and the Permanent Mission of Australia to the United Nations in Geneva. The discussions tackled the roles and experiences of the national institutions for human rights in mitigating the impact of coronavirus pandemic on human rights and compared the preliminary results of the research conducted by the Global Alliance and the High Commission for Human Rights. 21.In the same context, NIHR participated in a seminar held virtually via the internet organized by the Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa – OHCHR on the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) on human trafficking, where a number of presidents and members of the national institutions for human rights around the world participated. 22.The seminar discussed the impact of the current pandemic on human trafficking and means to mitigate its impact on trafficking victims by member countries and other stakeholders. In addition, the seminar also discussed the essential requirements for measures taken to prevent and combat trafficking in persons, and impact on human rights. 23.On another hand, the NIHR participated in the seminar organized remotely (online) by the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States (Social Affairs Division – Human Rights Department) covering the role of national human rights institutions at the times of crisis, attended by a number of presidents and representatives of institutions, councils, commissioners, authorities, and the national institutions for human rights in the member states of the Arab League. 24.The seminar discussed the current effort at the level of the League of Arab States to understand the social and economic implications of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and the mechanisms to settle the impetus to overcome the crisis through a collaborative process that includes government authorities, national institutions, civil society organizations, private sector, and academic researchers, in addition to regional and international partners. 25.The NIHR delivered a presentation on its role during the coronavirus pandemic, by participating in raising awareness and educating the citizens NIHR Bahrain- Eighth Annual Report 2020 55