Meeting

NIHR’s Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights convenes its 12th Regular Meeting

18 Apr 2018

The National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR)’s Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights convened its 12th regular meeting at the NIHR’s headquarters in the Seef District. The meeting was held under the chairpersonship of Dr. Hameed Ahmed Hussein and membership of Mr. Abdullah Ahmed Al-Derazi and Mrs. Widad Radii Al-Mousawi,

During the meeting, the Committee discussed the outcomes and recommendations of the round table organized by the NIHR on the 21st of March this year on the reality of the rights of people with Down syndrome in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

The Committee proposed to hold a round table on persons with autism, in which stakeholders are invited, in order to highlight the services available to this group and make the necessary recommendations to ensure their access to all their rights, in addition to following up the resolutions and recommendations adopted by it at the previous meeting and the actions taken thereon.