Bahrain to host human rights conference

The Kingdom will host the second "Human Rights in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)" Conference, themed "Human Rights Systems of the National, Regional and International Challenges."


Held under the patronage of the Speaker of the Council of Representatives Ahmed bin Ibrahim Al-Mulla on January 23, 2016, the conference is organised by the Arab Federation for Human Rights, in collaboration with the Maan Human Rights Society and the International Gulf Organisation for Human Rights (iaIGO).

National human rights institutions, GCC Secretariat-General, Arab League, Arb Human Rights Committee, independent human rights agencies, representatives of GCC, regional and international human rights NGOs will take part in the conference, the Representatives Council said.