Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Committee Holds its 8th Ordinary Meeting
24 Feb 2016
The National Institution for Human Rights' (NIHR) Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Committee held its 8th ordinary meeting under the chairmanship of Dr. Fawzia Saeed Al Saleh and membership of Dr. Mai Suleiman Mohammed Al Otaibi and Mr. Abdul Jabbar Ahmed Al- Tayyeb, at the NIHR's headquarters at Seef District.
The meeting discussed the advisory opinion prepared by the Secretariat on the amendment to the Bahraini Penal Code to include a clear provision that criminalizes sectarian- based political organizations or civil society institutions, in order to comply with the contents of Article (14) of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. The Secretariat was assigned to conduct further study in this regard.
economic, social and cultural rights, which the NIHR plans to carry out in the next year. These activities include several On the other hand, the Committee continued to discuss workshops and dialogue seminars. The Secretariat was the mechanism of implementing the activities related to asked to set a schedule for such activities.
