Statistics of the Special Investigation Unit in the first third of 2024

Statistics of the Special Investigation Unit in the first third of 2024

Statistics of the Special Investigation Unit in the first third of 2024

Statistics of the Special Investigation Unit in the first third of 2024

05/05/2024

In a statement of the tasks and procedures undertaken by the Special Investigation Unit during the first third of the current year; Mr. Mohammed Khaled Al-Hazaa, Acting Attorney General and Head of the Special Investigation Unit, stated that the unit had received during this period 18 complaints in which allegations varied between torture and ill-treatment by members of the Public Security Forces, confirming its vital role in consolidating human rights principles. The unit has initiated the necessary procedures in all these complaints.

In the same context, during this period, the unit interviewed 18 complainants and witnesses, while it interrogated 5 accused and suspected members of the Public Security Forces and presented 13 complainants to the Forensic Medicine and Psychological Support Division in accordance with the requirements of investigating this type of complaints, and the standards and principles established in this regard.

Regarding what the unit accomplished during the same period; The unit completed its investigations into the complaint of two people that they had been subjected to ill-treatment and concluded by referring two members of the Public Security Forces to the Military Courts Administration at the Ministry of Interior to impose the appropriate disciplinary penalty on them.

On the other hand, disciplinary sanctions were issued against two members of the Public Security Forces, in two cases that the unit had previously ordered to be referred to the Military Courts Department of the Ministry of Interior to impose the disciplinary sanction.

Within the framework of the Unit’s participation in regional and international forums; The head of the unit participated within the delegation of the Kingdom of Bahrain in discussing the second periodic report of the Kingdom submitted to the Arab Charter Committee on Human Rights of the League of Arab States. This participation came from the standpoint of the unit’s membership in the National Human Rights Committee. The head of the unit explained during the discussion the role that the unit plays in consolidating the principles of human rights, its competencies in promoting the rule of law as an independent and unique judicial body in the region, and its means of carrying out its tasks in accordance with internationally accepted standards, reviewing the results of its efforts that led to a significant decrease in complaints rates.