NIHR's delegation meets OHCHR official

Geneva, May 4 (BNA): The National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR)'s delegation to the 27th Session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), led by NIHR's Chairman, Said bin Mohammed Al-Faihani, met the Chief of the Middle East and North Africa Section at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Mohammad Ali Al-Nsour. NIHR chief briefed Al-Nsour on the Royal Order 23/2017 on forming the Council of Commissioners at the NIHR, the elections held to elect the panel's chairman and deputy chairman for the a four-year term, as well as on the amendments to the NIHR's law promulgated by Decree-Law 20/2016, all of them were in accordance with the remarks made by the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI)'s Sub-Committee on Accreditation. Al-Faihani stressed the importance of partnership with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the activation of the capacity-building programme for the NIHR's Council of Commissioners' members, or those of the NIHR's Secretariat-General. He also highlighted the need to hold joint training programmes aimed at promoting the culture of human rights among members of the Bahraini society. Al-Nsour congratulated the chairman and members of the NIHR for their new posts, wishing them every success.