The National Institution for Human Rights’ (NIHR) Committee on Visiting Detention Places and Facilities held its first virtual meeting, headed by Dr. Malallah Al Hammadi, and in presence of members Dina Al Ladhi, and Daniel Cohen.
The meeting reviewed reference terms, work tasks and roles assigned to new members, after the issuance of Royal Decree 22/2021 appointing members of the NIHR Council of Commissioners.
They discussed previous decisions, recommendations and measures, affirming the committee’s keenness to protect human rights, especially in reform and rehabilitation centers, health, social and educational care centers, foreign workers housing or any other place suspected to be a site of human rights violations.
The committee has decided to prepare a criterion for scheduled visits to those places to ensure the availability of the basic principles of human rights standards, and take necessary actions regarding them.
They suggested conducting field visits to some social care centers concerned with elderly and people with disabilities to inspect the implementation during the coronavirus pandemic.
Source: Bahrain News Agency