His Excellency Lawyer Dalal Jassim Al Zayed, member of the Shura Council, confirmed that the Kingdom of Bahrain is one of the countries that supports international efforts to confront and combat crimes that violate human rights, including preventing illegal adoption and providing protection for groups protected in accordance with international humanitarian law.
This came during Her Excellency’s intervention at the meeting of the Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights, held within the work of the 151st General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, in the city of Geneva in the Swiss Confederation today (Monday), with the participation of Her Excellency Mrs. Hala Ramzi Fayez, member of the Shura Council, and His Excellency MP Dr. Mahdi Abdulaziz Al-Shuwaikh, within the delegation of the Parliamentary Division of the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Al-Zayed stressed the importance of taking appropriate measures to enhance the legal and humanitarian protection of children and groups affected by international crimes, noting the need to provide the necessary funding and provide free legal assistance through lawyers, in addition to psychological and medical support through specialists, in a way that contributes to enabling victims to obtain their rights and live in dignity.
Al-Zayed pointed out the importance of taking measures consistent with international humanitarian law, by interviewing perpetrators of child trafficking crimes, ensuring compensation for damages resulting from deprivation, kidnapping, or forced labor, in addition to serious crimes such as genocide, torture, execution, and kidnapping, and working to return children to their biological parents.
Al-Zayed called for activating awareness programs directed at child victims. To inform them of their rights, ways to seek help, and encourage them to report crimes, stressing at the same time the need to take urgent measures to deal with complaints submitted by victims and their families, and to develop rehabilitation programs to ensure the protection of their rights and enhance their chances of integration into normal life.
At the conclusion of her intervention, Al-Zayed affirmed the Kingdom of Bahrain’s support for the efforts of the Inter-Parliamentary Union to promote human rights, coordinate joint parliamentary action to protect vulnerable groups, and ensure justice and human dignity for all.