Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• Abbass Shakouri ¹
• Mehdi Abbaszadeh Fathabadi ²

¹ Graduated from Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman

² Member of the Faculty of Political Science, Faculty of Law and Theology, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman

Abstract

Due to the importance of global human rights issues, the international mechanism established in this field is of particular importance. Among these mechanisms is the Human Rights Council. The purpose of this research is to examine the performance of the Human Rights Council in Bahrain. The main research question is what has been the function of the Human Rights Council in Bahrain? The hypothesis of this research is based on the fact that the performance of the Human Rights Council is under the influence of Western governments. In this research, a descriptive and analytical method was used, and the findings of this research show that the special rapporteurs of the Human Rights Council are concerned with the performance of Bahrain in specific issues such as Children's rights, rights of human rights defenders, etc. and has given recommendations in this field. Also, in the global periodic review of member countries (in 2008, 2012, 2017), this council repeatedly questioned Bahrain's performance in the field of human rights and asked Bahrain to correct the mentioned cases. The government of Bahrain, in response to the special rapporteurs and periodic reviews of the governments that have made recommendations on human rights violations in Bahrain, has sometimes accepted and modified the recommendations and sometimes considered them to be contrary to the domestic laws and the modification Those recommendations have backfired

Keywords

• Bahrain
• United Nations
• Human Rights Council
• Global Review
• Special Rapporteurs