National Institution for Human Rights organizes Lecture "human rights standards for police work"
The Secretary-General of the National Institution for Human Rights, HE Dr Ahmad Abdullah Farhan asserted that human rights must be dealt with as a lifestyle and its principles as the right of human to avail human dignity.
This came in a lecture about the rights standards for police work, organized by the National Institution for Human Rights in cooperation with the southern Governorate Police Directorate in the Ministry of the Interior on Wednesday August 6th 2014 at the headquarters of the Directorate, in the presence of Brigadier General Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Director General of the Southern Governorate Police Directorate, and the participation of a group of officers of the Directorate.
The organization of this lecture comes within the strategic plan and the National Institution for human Rights for the years 2013-2016 aiming to spread and protect human rights culture in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
During the lecture, HE the Secretary General said: "We, in the Kingdom of Bahrain, would like to improve the culture of human rights and law enforcement, the fact that human rights are a set of individual and collective rights specified in the constitutions of states and international law."
HE Dr. Ahmed Farhan added that human rights is linked to life, politics, economy and the prestige associated with the state, also working in the field of human rights needs believing in the principle which is associated with the personal faith to promote the concept of human rights.
HE the Secretary General addressed the history and the emergence of the idea of human rights and the evolution of the concept, in addition to the basic principles of human rights and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which is the official document of human rights, touching on the concept of democracy and human rights.
For his part, the Vice Chairperson of the National Institution for Human Rights, Head of the complaints, monitoring and follow-up Committee HE Mr Abdullah Ahmed Alderazi went into the role of the National Institution in the promotion and protection of human rights as these institutions are official organizations established by the states, according to the Paris Principles and aim to promote and protect human rights, they are official entities that have constitutional basis and subject to of local and international supervision and given accreditation.
HE the Vice Chairperson of the Institution discussed the Paris Principles, stating that it is an extensive jurisdiction, managed independently from government, independency, diversity, adequate resources and sufficient powers to investigate.
HE Mr. Abdullah Alderazi pointed out to the human rights status monitoring mechanism in the Kingdom, and reports related to the work of the institution, along with focusing on the law establishing the National Institution for Human Rights which was approved by His Majesty the King last July.
In a related development, HE the Vice chairperson of the Institution, and His Excellency the Secretary General with Brigadier General Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, toured the detention centers and interrogation rooms in the southern Governorate Police Directorate where he praised the Directorate commitment to high standards for detention centers and interrogation rooms and their compatibility with human rights standards.
In the same context, the Introductory lecture on the standards of human rights of the Police work was concluded on Thursday, August 7th, with a paper on the role of the police in the protection of human rights during the performance of their duty in general. The paper was presented by HE the Secretary-General in which he explained the respect for the right to life, and that any attack on personal freedoms or sanctity of human being private life and other public rights and freedoms guaranteed by the law is a crime that does not abate the criminal or civil lawsuit arising out of it, and the National Authority guarantees fair compensation for those who suffered the consequential damage.
HE Dr Ahmad Farhan pointed out to the right not to be exposed to torture, abuse or degrading treatment. Thus Article 208 of the Penal Code has been amended to ensure the maintenance of the dignity of detainees and not exposing them to torture.
At the end of the lecture, certificates were distributed to participants, and mementos were presented to HE the Vice Chairperson of the Institution, Head of complaints, monitoring and follow-up committee and to HE the Secretary General of the Institution, praising their efforts and the efforts of the National Institution on the success of this lecture.
