His Excellency Nibras Mohamed Talib, CEO of the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) and Chairman of the National Committee for Combating Trafficking in Persons, participated in the 13th session of the Working Group on Trafficking in Persons, held in Vienna, organized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), in the attendance of Mrs. Shereen Al Saati, Director of Grievances & Protection Centre and member of the National Committee for Combatting Trafficking in Persons.
The CEO stressed that Bahrain’s comprehensive approach to combating trafficking in persons, which includes a strong legal framework, institutional coordination, and awareness-raising campaigns, plays a major role in fighting this cross-border crime that is undergoing continuous development in its practices, settings and mechanisms, which requires diligent work in monitoring changes and developments to keep pace of these crimes and work to address them, with the aim of maintaining a work environment characterized by balance, stability, justice and fairness for all parties.
He additionally pointed out that the Kingdom of Bahrain has adopted a number of important measures in the field of enhancing the work environment and combating trafficking in persons, by building an integrated system, based on solid legal foundations, a long-term vision, and a socially rooted culture based on respect and preservation of the rights of all without exception, which has earned it global recognition l reflected in the Kingdom’s status as a Tier 1 country in the US State Department’s report in the field of combating trafficking in persons for six consecutive years (2018-2023).
He furthermore stressed that the Kingdom is constantly working on two dimensions, the first to review and develop regulations and legislation, with the aim of enabling the Kingdom to maintain a stable work environment, and second to simultaneously ensure that we employ our expertise, successes and capabilities in supporting the efforts of the international community to address the crime, and providing assistance to countries, especially within the region -due to the cultural and social similarities – wishing to apply the Bahraini model in combating trafficking in persons.
The CEO reiterated the Kingdom’s belief in the need for international solidarity to address the crime of trafficking in persons, which threatens many countries and societies, expressing the Kingdom’s support for the instrumental role played by the United Nations and its affiliated international organizations in promoting efforts to combat trafficking globally.