additional authority in par with "Paris Principles" on the status of national institutions in the promotion and protection of human rights. 1.5 In accordance with the constitutional procedures in this regard, His Majesty the King issued on 24 July 2014 Law No. (26) of 2014 for the establishment of the National Institution for Human Rights, which was approved by the Shura Council and the Council of Representatives to create a real legal guarantee and provide full independence to the NIHR as well as granting it additional competencies and powers in line with the Paris Principles relating to the status of national human rights institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights. This Law came into effect after its publication in the Official Gazette in the supplement issue No. (3168) dated 7 August 2014. 1.6 On that basis, the NIHR planned to gain permanent and active membership in the Global Alliance of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (GANHRI), through which the NIHR can actively participate in the sessions of the Human Rights Council, meetings of treaty bodies, special procedures, and subcommittees, groups, and task forces, and to speak in its capacity as an independent human rights oversight body in the Kingdom to promote and protect human rights. 1.7 On 16 July 2015, the NIHR formally submitted an application for accreditation to the Global Alliance's Sub-Committee on Accreditation (SCA), which is concerned with receiving requests for accreditation from national institutions. On 25 November 2015, the NIHR Parallel Report by the National Institution for Human Rights of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Human Rights Committee © 2018 5