Ninth: Awareness program on the constitution and human rights (My Rights)
35.
The NIHR, in partnership with the Supreme Council for Women, the Bahrain Institute for
Political Development, and the Institute of Judicial and Legal Studies, organized, in 2019, the
awareness program on constitution and human rights for government institutions and civil society
organizations, the third edition of “My Rights” training program, which started in 2017. The
2019 program aimed to develop the culture of employees of the public sector and civil society
organizations about constitutional, legal and social rights and duties, as well as the legislation
related to the legal status of women in various fields, and to transform such into a culture, lifestyle,
and daily behavior through their work in these institutions and organizations.
36. The program covered the following topics: separation of powers in the Bahraini political system,
the constitutional guarantees established for protecting public rights and freedoms in the Kingdom
of Bahrain, the role and competencies of the Supreme Council for Women in supporting the
advancement of Bahraini women, constitutional oversight of laws and legislation, the role of the
legislative authority in monitoring the application of laws supporting women and family, the rule
of legal legitimacy, the role of national mechanisms in promoting and protecting human rights in
the Kingdom of Bahrain, the legislative competence of the National Assembly in the Kingdom of
Bahrain, parliamentary oversight to guarantee the implementation of international human rights
standards in the Kingdom, parliamentary oversight tools, legal immunity, the role of the national
model in integrating women’s needs of governance of implementation of equal opportunities,
normative international agreements, knowledge management in the field of political participation,
the role of parliamentary diplomacy in foreign policy of the Kingdom of Bahrain, and the role
of the relevant committees of the Shura Council and the Council of Representatives in ratifying
international human rights conventions.
Tenth: The Legal Clinic and Human Rights at the University of Bahrain
37. The NIHR has actively participated in the “Legal Clinic and Human Rights at the University of
Bahrain”, which is a practical training program for students of the College of Law to acquire
skills in the field of human rights. The NIHR held workshops and provided visual presentations on
its role in the promotion and protection of human rights. The program was fifteen weeks long; it
addressed the NIHR’s competence in promoting and protecting human rights by explaining the
mechanism for receiving complaints and the relevant procedures, providing legal assistance and
advice, in addition to its role in monitoring human rights violations.
38. Given the role of the NIHR in spreading and promoting a culture of respect for human rights
among members of society; and in order to activate the Memorandum of Understanding with the
Royal University for Women, the NIHR received a group of female students of the College of Law
at the Royal University for Women to attend a program on supporting human rights. The program
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