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NIHR Considers Means of Activating Cooperation with the Arab Human Rights Committee (the Charter Committee)

HE NIHR's Chairperson, Said bin Mohammed Al-Faihani, received HE Chairperson of the Arab Human Rights Committee (Charter Committee) Chancellor Mohamed Jomaa Fazee and congratulated him on being elected as Head of the Committee during Committee’s 46^th meeting that was held at the headquarters of the League of the Arab States’ General Secretariat in Cairo, considering the choice of Bahrain as a valuable furtherance to enhance its presence in the Arab organizations as well as its pioneering human rights record and a tribute to its achievements in this area, which reflects the genuine will and earnest desire of His Majesty King of Bahrain, may God protect him, in all his endeavors to enhance, promote and respect human rights.

For his part, Head of the Charter Committee praised the efforts made by the NIHR, which aim to enhance, develop and protect human rights, consolidate its values and raise society’s awareness thereof, and to ensure the exercise of its duties freely and independently.

The two sides agreed on the importance of activating cooperation between them in the near future, especially in the area of exchange of experiences, training and holding workshops on human rights promotion and protection, for both governmental agencies and civil society organizations that work in the area of human rights, especially as the Kingdom of Bahrain is expected to discuss its 1^st periodic report before the Charter Committee during the second half of the current year 2017.

It is worth mentioning that the Arab Human Rights Committee (Charter Committee) is an Arabian mechanism that emanates from the Arab Charter for Human Rights, which entered into force on 16 March 2008, after being ratified by 7 Arab States including the Kingdom of Bahrain.  The Committee consists of 7 members that are elected by the Arab State Parties to the Charter, who shall be highly experienced and competent and who shall work impartially to assess the human rights situation in those States, through examination of their national reports and the extent of their commitment to their obligations as per the provisions of the Charter, and provide feedback and recommendations to them in order to enhance and protect human rights therein.