addition to taking into account the humanitarian dimension. The NIHR considered it to be more appropriate to extend the residency permits of the children of a Bahraini woman married to a foreigner until they reach the age of (25) years, unless they join work, instead of granting them permanent residency, and granting some others permanent residency, including: children with disabilities who are unable to support themselves because of that disability even after they reach the age of (25) years, since they still need direct and permanent care from the Bahraini mother. b) The NIHR expressed its advisory opinion to both the House of Representatives and the Shura Council, at their request, regarding the draft law to amend Article (56) of the Traffic Law promulgated by Law No. (23) of 2014, which takes into account people with disabilities by exempting them from the reconciliation fine for the crime of not abiding by parking in designated spaces stipulated in Clause (12) of Article (47) of this Law, when it is proven that there are no designated parking spaces or vacant at the time of issuing the violation. The NIHR agrees, in principle, with the goals and objectives of the draft law in question, and has made some observations regarding the text contained, calling for more efforts to be made to comply with the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which was ratified by the Kingdom of Bahrain under Law No. (22) for the year 2011, especially with regard to Article No. (9) of the Convention, which provides the right of accessibility for persons with disabilities, facilitating the surrounding environment, means of transportation and others, while increasing the number of parking spaces designated for persons with disabilities and making them close to places of public service provisions. 1.5 The NIHR’s participation in providing its advisory opinions stems from its true belief in the Kingdom’s need for a law regulating the rights of persons with disabilities in a manner that is more in line with the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which was ratified by the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain under Law No. (22) of 2011, which confirms the necessity that all persons with disabilities of all kinds shall enjoy all human rights and basic civil, political, economic, social and cultural freedoms, and to be able to exercise their rights on the ground. 1.6 In 2019, the NIHR studied the national legislation regulating the rights of persons with disabilities in the field of construction, transportation, and housing, comparing it with legislations of other countries in addition to international standards, specifically the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. ratified by the Kingdom under Law No. (22) of 2011. As a result of this study, it was found that the national legislation fails to achieve the objectives of the Convention, specifically in the field of 6