NIHR’s Chairperson meets with Head of MENA Division of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
On the sidelines of his visit to attend the session for adoption of the report of the Working Group of the Universal Periodic Review of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Mr. Saeed bin Mohamed Al-Faihani, Chairperson of the National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR), met with Mr. Mohamed Al-Nesour, Head of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Division of the Office of the High Commissioner for human Rights in his office in Geneva.
At the beginning of the meeting, Chairperson of the NIHR presented a summary of the report of the undeclared visit made by a delegation of the NIHR to some reform institutions, which it started recently based on its amended Establishment Law, noting that the NIHR has announced this report through a press conference attended by a number of news agencies, journalists and representatives of civil society organizations.
Mr. Al-Faihani added that the NIHR has opened a branch dedicated to providing legal assistance to expatriate workers, domestic workers and their families, in addition to the inauguration of the toll free line (80001144) to serve citizens and residents as well, as it carried out a large propaganda campaign in the local newspapers and social media to introduce it to the public.
Mr. Al-Faihani pointed out that the NIHR has received a number of complaints regarding the dismissal of 27 Bahrainis working at the Qatari Airways office in Manama, explaining that the NIHR will follow-up this matter to ensure that they receive decent job.
He also noted that the NIHR will follow-up on the recommendations contained in the report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review of the Kingdom of Bahrain, which has been recently adopted by the Human Rights Council, and the actions that will be taken by the Government to implement the 139 approved recommendations.
