{"id":10165,"date":"2012-05-24T15:05:05","date_gmt":"2012-05-24T22:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=10165"},"modified":"2012-05-24T15:11:23","modified_gmt":"2012-05-24T22:11:23","slug":"un-universal-periodic-review-polishing-royal-horse-shit-to-shine-as-progress-on-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=10165","title":{"rendered":"UN Universal Periodic Review – Polishing Royal Horse-shit to shine as progress on Human Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looks like Royal Horseshit to me; Its basically another part of a horrible failed and easily manipulated system that uses ‘Harvard Business School’ methodologies as a means to ‘implementation’ and ‘certification’ of Human Rights compliance. In support of a system of lies that leverages ‘Human Rights’ as a tool to support ‘wicked’ agendas for profiteering from arms sales and securing ‘cheap oil’ at the expense of the suffering of people subject to the tyranny partnerships of greed and exploitation. Phlipn.
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Human Rights Council
\nWorking Group on the Universal Periodic Review Thirteenth Session
\nGeneva, 21 May\u20134 June 2012
\nDraft report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review
\nBahrain<\/strong><\/p>\n

Excerpted<\/strong>
\nSummary of the proceedings of the review process<\/p>\n

A. Presentation by the State under review<\/strong><\/p>\n

5. The Head of delegation expressed Bahrain\u2019s appreciation to the Council and to the
\ninternational organizations of the United Nations for the support provided to the Kingdom,
\nespecially thanked the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, for the program
\non the Universal Periodic Review during the past four years, which contributed effectively
\nto enhance the capacity of the concerned authorities regarding the implementation of
\ncommitments and recommendations of the UPR, and hoped to continue this fruitful
\ncooperation and support in the future.<\/p>\n

6. Bahrain reminded that it is the first member state in the Human Rights Council to
\nundergo the periodical review in 2008. Having 565 NGOs as in early 2012, Bahrain
\nreviewed the current second report including achievements realized with partnership of all
\nconcerned entities including governmental, non-governmental organizations as well as the
\nactivists from civil society.<\/p>\n

7. The delegation stated that the past four years were full of events and developments
\nthat much was documented in the advancement of human rights at various levels, and the
\nKingdom does not pretend to be perfect and free from some of the obstacles that hinder the
\nimplementation of the recommendations and commitments, but with determination and will
\nof honest work Bahrain will overcome these constraints.
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8. Major achievements have been reviewed during the past 4 years, starting with
\neducation. Bahrain pays full attention to this sector, commits and provides educational and
\ncultural services to citizens as a right, prescribed in its constitution and education law.
\nEducation For All Global Monitoring Report for 2011 showed that Bahrain is among states
\nof high performance achieving the EFA’s goals.<\/p>\n

9. The delegation informed of the National Strategic Plan for Human Rights Education
\nthat was reviewed based on the commitment in 2008, and a plan was developed to
\nencourage a human rights culture. A special subject on human rights has been included in
\nthe citizenship course for all classes at different levels of education.<\/p>\n

10. The delegation stated that the constitution of Bahrain provided for the right of all
\ncitizens to enjoy equal health standards, without discrimination. In support to such right, the
\nMinistry of Health prepared developmental programs and plans in collaboration with the
\nWorld Health Organization and the government bears the full expenses of treatment
\nwhenever it is inaccessible locally.<\/p>\n

11. The delegation stated that Bahrain women have assumed leading positions and
\nproactive steps have been taken to involve them in activities alongside men. Bahraini
\nwomen are being empowered to be further involved in decision-making, leading and
\nministerial positions, as well as in the private sector, civil society institutions and political
\nassociations. The establishment of the Supreme Council for Women in Bahrain is a
\nmilestone in the process of women empowerment. The Council is in process of studying the
\nremoval of reservations on the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
\nagainst Women or amend them so as to be consistent with national legislation and laws
\nwhile preserving the sovereignty of the state.<\/p>\n

12. In respect of the nationality, the delegation informed of the discussions currently
\nunderway on proposed amendments to the nationality law, in order to grant Bahraini
\nnationality to children of Bahraini women who are married to a non-Bahraini husbands,
\n…more<\/a><\/p>\n

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Looks like Royal Horseshit to me; Its basically another part of a horrible failed and easily manipulated system that uses ‘Harvard Business School’ methodologies as a means to ‘implementation’ and ‘certification’ of Human Rights compliance. In support of a system of lies that leverages ‘Human Rights’ as a tool to support ‘wicked’ agendas for profiteering more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[247],"tags":[3088],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10165"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10168,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10165\/revisions\/10168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}