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by Emma Farge
GENEVA, Oct 4 (Reuters) – Bahrain will not stand for election for the UN’s most sensible human rights framework later this month, the UN said, after a complaint drew attention to alleged human rights violations.
A U. N. website showed Bahrain withdrew its candidacy on Sept. 26 to run for a three-year post at the Geneva-based body, without giving details. Bahrain’s diplomatic project in Geneva and the Bahraini government’s media office did not respond to a request for comment.
Bahrain, home of the U. S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet, is home to the U. S. Navy. The U. S. government has jailed thousands of protesters, journalists and activists, some on mass trials, since an anti-government uprising in 2011. It says it prosecutes those who commit crimes in accordance with foreign law, and rejects complaints from the United Nations and others about the conduct of trials and detention situations.
A memo circulated among board members through the London-based Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (IBRD) drew attention to allegations of arbitrary detention as reprisals opposed to individuals, as cited in a UN report last month.
The nonprofit also held a series of meetings with UN officials and diplomats in August to urge states not to go to Bahrain. Director of Advocacy at BIRD.
A scoreboard through the International Service for Human Rights gave Bahrain a green tick on only 3 of the 16 criteria, one of the lowest scores among candidate countries.
States with poor human rights records are rarely elected to the 47-member council, they can be suspended for abuse, as was the case with Russia after its invasion of Ukraine in February. Moscow says it has gone off the fence and denies targeting civilians in Ukraine.
The Rights Council does not make legally binding decisions, but it carries political weight and can authorize investigations that aid trials abroad. The elections will be held later this month at the UN General Assembly in New York. (Reporting by Emma Farge and Ghaida Ghantous; Editing through Frank Jack Daniel)