rehabilitation centres, check their records, ensure that there are no prisoners being held unlawfully, receive complaints and grievances from any inmate or detainee and hear his/her complaint, and make sure that all the orders of the public prosecution, investigating judge, and judicial decisions are being implemented in the manner specified.” 3.12 By reviewing the information on the legislative measures taken by the Kingdom of Bahrain, the NIHR commends the Government's response in implementing several recommendations of the Committee against Torture, in particular those relating to the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, and holding the perpetrators accountable.13 3.13 In accordance with the power granted to the NIHR pursuant to Article (12) of its Establishment Law, the NIHR, during 2017, received 19 complaints concerning allegations of torture and other ill-treatment. The NIHR communicated with the relevant bodies and found out that in some cases the allegations were inaccurate, whereas for the other cases, the required legal proceedings were taken by referring them to Special Investigation Unit at the Public Prosecutor Office. 3.14 Given that the NIHR, pursuant to its Establishment Law and its amendments, is entitled to carry out announced and unannounced field visits to monitor the human rights situation in correctional institutions, places of detention, labor gatherings, health and education institutions, or any other public place suspected of being a site of human rights violations, the NIHR, during 2017, visited reform institutions, detention and remand centres, and other places suspected of human rights 13 For more information, please review NIHR’s Parallel report to the Committee against Torture, March 2017 (www.nihr.org.bh ) Parallel Report by the National Institution for Human Rights of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Human Rights Committee © 2018 28