As part of the Kingdom of Bahrain’s participation in the review of its fourth periodic report before the UN Committee Against Torture in Geneva, the Ministry of Interior presented its efforts to strengthen the human rights-based approach and reinforce legal safeguards in police work.
During the sessions, the Assistant Undersecretary for Legal Affairs at the Ministry of Interior, Brigadier Hamoud Saad Hamoud, outlined the Ministry’s key developments in promoting and protecting human rights. These include enhancing security training programmes, developing the Police Code of Conduct in line with international standards, and establishing clear, institutional legal channels to address any practices that violate the law.
He also highlighted the Ministry’s efforts to reinforce independent institutional oversight and strengthen monitoring and accountability mechanisms. This includes progress in developing correction and rehabilitation centres, obtaining international accreditation (ACA), ensuring inmates’ freedom to practise religious rites, and upholding arrest and detention safeguards through transparent, law-based procedures.
In a related context, the Director of Alternative Sentencing at the General Directorate of Verdict Enforcement and Alternative Sentencing, Major Jassim Jabr Al Dosari, presented Bahrain’s pioneering experience in alternative sentencing and open prisons programmes. These initiatives have advanced rehabilitation and community reintegration, supported the Ministry’s human rights-centred approach to police work, and reinforced national security and stability.
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