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NIHR is Accredited as a Member to the APF Facilitators and Educators Network on Human Rights

11 Jul 2021

Within the framework of joint cooperation and coordination between the National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) Secretariat-General and the Executive Administration of Asia-Pacific Forum (APF), the NIHR Secretariat-General, represented by Mrs. Fatima Al-Tareef, Head of the Training and Education Unit, participated in the training program on the preparation of Facilitators and Educators Network on Human Rights, held from May to June 2021.

During the training period, educational lessons were published on a weekly basis on the APF training website, along with an evaluation test for each lesson.  In addition, all lessors were discussed through live broadcasts with all participants, where the topics included training and education in the field of human rights, linking it to the work of national human rights institutions, explaining theory, principles and methods of education and training, and providing a brief explanation about human rights education using modern electronic means for distance training.

At the conclusion of the training program, a network of facilitators and educators on human rights was established for all national human rights institutions participating in the AEFN training program, which included more than 14 national institutions in Asia and the Pacific, including the NIHR in the Kingdom of Bahrain.