Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the conclusions of the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on Bahrain, published on 4 March, what assessment they have made of the independence of the National Institute for Human Rights (NIHR) in Bahrain; and what are the implications of this assessment for their support of the NIHR through the Gulf Strategy Fund.

The UK draws on a wide range of sources when making its assessment of Bahrain's independent oversight bodies. The UK does not (currently) provide support for the National Institute for Human Rights through the Gulf Strategy Fund.