NIHR Holds First Lecture of the Human Rights Legal Clinic Program for University of Bahrain Students
The National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) held the first lecture of the Human Rights Legal Clinic Program dedicated to students of the College of Law at the University of Bahrain, with the participation of 15 male and female students enrolled in the program within the Institution’s department.
During the lecture, Ms. Fatima Altareef, Head of the Training and Education Section at NIHR, delivered an introductory presentation outlining the program’s key components and training objectives, as well as highlighting the main practical and academic skills that participants will acquire throughout the program.
The program includes more than 15 training lectures covering a range of practical topics in the field of human rights. These include preparing and implementing a human rights–related event proposal, drafting a legal opinion on complaints, preparing a report on a monitoring case, and conducting research using specialized electronic sources.
It is worth noting that this cohort represents the twenty-sixth batch of the Legal Clinic Program. Since the program’s launch, the Institution has trained more than 280 students from the College of Law. The program will continue throughout the second semester of the 2025–2026 academic year, from January to May 2026.
