Introduction 1. The National Institution for Human Rights in the Kingdom of Bahrain presents its Parallel Report on the Combined Eighth to the Fourteenth Periodic Reports with regards to the progress in implementing the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, to which the Kingdom of Bahrain acceded pursuant to Decree No. (8) of 1990. 2. NIHR appreciates the Kingdom’s efforts in submitting its combined report - despite its late submission - based on its belief in the importance and effectiveness of this international mechanism towards everything that would promote and protect human rights at the national level, and in fulfillment of its international obligations arising from ratification and accession to international human rights instruments. 3. NIHR received requests from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to provide it with information on Clause )6( of the list of issues made by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), information related to combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, and information on United Nations General Assembly Resolution No. (157/72) regarding the global call for concrete action to eliminate racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia. NIHR has responded in detail to the three requests of the Ministry, particularly those connected to Clause )6( of the issues made by CERD1. 1 Annex: The response of the National Institution for Human Rights to the list of issues reported by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination referred before the Kingdom of Bahrain submitted its Combined Eighth to the Fourteenth Periodic Reports regarding the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (November 2017). “Additional Information” Parallel Report of the National Institution for Human Rights in the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) © 2022 2