Brussels, Ombudswoman Ghada Hamid Habib participated in the Seventh Joint Dialogue with the European Union, as part of the Bahraini delegation led by Ambassador Dr. Yusuf Abdulkarim Bucheeri, the Director-General of Legal Affairs and Human Rights at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The European Union (EU) delegation was led by Anna-Maria Panagiotakopoulou, Head of Arabian Peninsula and Iraq division in MENA department of European External Action Service (EAAS).

The meeting discussed means to further enhance joint work in the human rights field and reviewed the achievements of the Ombudsman Office Prisoners and Detainees Rights Commission (PDRC) and the projects of the National Human Rights Plan (2022-2026).

The EU delegation commended Bahrain's achievements in human rights, tolerance, peaceful coexistence, combating trafficking, and enhancing women's role through equal opportunities, noting its efforts in peaceful coexistence and combating trafficking in persons.

Source: Bahrain News Agency