NIHR and BDSME Society Discuss Joint Cooperation
Eng. Ali Ahmed Al-Derazi, Chairperson of the National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR), received MP Ahmed Subal Al-Saloom, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bahrain Business Development of Small and Medium Enterprises (BDSME) Society, in the presence of a number of BDSME members of the Board of Directors, at the NIHR headquarters in Seef district.
At the beginning of the meeting, Al-Derazi welcomed BDSME Chairman and members of the Board of Directors, stating the importance of protecting human rights in entrepreneurship and companies and promoting its agenda in various sectors, pointing out that business institutions are a responsible partner in promoting and protecting human rights stipulated in international instruments related to human rights, as they are among the bodies of the society that should take a separate responsibility that differs from that entrusted to governments to which the various State agencies are committed.
Al-Derazi stated that the NIHR, based on its human rights and supervisory responsibility, urges relevant State agencies to consolidate the concept of legal responsibility among business and commercial institutions with regard to the promotion and guarantee of human rights stipulated in international human rights instruments, noting at the same time the Kingdom’s efforts in preserving human rights in businesses, especially with regard to limiting Covid-19 impacts on the entrepreneurship and corporate sector.
For his part, MP Ahmed Subah Al-Saloom valued NIHR’s contributions and its keenness to promote and develop a culture of human rights in the Kingdom of Bahrain, stressing BDSME’s desire to cooperate with the NIHR through holding joint workshops and training programs and exchanging expertise between the two sides, in a way that contributes to supporting and enriching human rights and pioneering work in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
