SDG 16 BLOGS
The GCC human rights declaration: An instrumentation of cultural relativism
For the first time the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) adopted a regional human rights declaration that codifies the relevant States’ commitment to human rights. The Declaration illustrated the content and scope of such a collective regional pledge to protect and respect fundamental rights and freedoms. Although a soft-law instrument, the [...]
Corporate governance and the level of Bahraini corporate compliance with IFRS disclosure
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the relation between corporate governance (CG) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) disclosure one year before the issuance of the first Corporate Governance Code (CGC) in Bahrain. Design/methodology/approach: The CG is measured by board composition, audit committee characteristics, and ownership structure [...]
Money, conventional monetary system and possibility of monetary reform
This paper examines the various causes of the financial and economic crises experienced by the world’s countries and shows that the dilemma is not in the money used, whatever its name is or value, but that the dilemma and the resulting problems and financial and economic crises lies in the [...]
SDG 16 Events
A panel discussion on ‘International Legal Standards in Criminal Justice’
On October 15, 2019, the Legal Clinic and Human Rights Center at the University of Bahrain held a panel discussion on ‘International Legal Standards in Criminal Justice’ in cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The event was held at Zain E-learning Center at the Sakhir Campus. Faculty members [...]
A panel discussion on “the role of alternative methods in settlement disputes resolution in French law”
On 28th of October 2019, the College of Law at the University of Bahrain organized a panel discussion in collaboration with the French Embassy on “the role of alternative methods in settlement disputes resolution in French law”, presented by judge, Anne Rosenzweig, from France. The panel session, which was open [...]
A lecture on “the alternative panel sanctions and its implementation in the Kingdom of Bahrain”
The Legal Clinic and Human Rights Centre achieves its objectives through different activities, including the organization of lectures/seminars on legal topics. Within this framework and in cooperation with the American Bar Association (ABA), the Centre has organized a lecture entitled “ Alternative Panel Sanctions and its implementation in both [...]