Introduction The National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) was established as an independent national institution. His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa - King of the Kingdom of Bahrain issued Royal Order No. (46) establishing it on 10 November 2009, granting it the competencies and powers consistent with the “Paris Principles” relating to the status of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, issued pursuant to United Nations General Assembly Resolution 48/134. Believing in the importance of strengthening the work of the institution and granting it more financial and administrative independence, and creating a legal guarantee, the House of Representatives and the Shura Council approved the law establishing it, whereby His Majesty the King issued Law No. (26) of 2014 establishing the National Institution for Human Rights, and for the purpose of imparting more independence for its work and to confirm its compatibility with the relevant international decisions, and taking into account the observations of the Subcommittee on Accreditation, the establishing law was amended by Decree-Law No. (20) of 2016. The establishing law affirmed its role in the field of promoting and protecting human rights, as Article No. (12) of it approved a number of competencies for the institution in order to achieve its objectives in this field, as the institution’s role in “strengthening” is promoted by spreading the culture of human rights through various means, such as holding conferences, training courses, workshops and lectures for the general public, or specific target groups, in addition to training in the field of human rights, publishing and printing educational brochures related to their work, besides conducting research, participating in local and international forums, and in meetings organized by regional and international organizations, as well as the issuance of bulletins, publications, statements and special reports and display them on the website. The law also granted NIHR the competence to examine the compatibility of legislative and regulatory texts with regional and international treaties concerned with human rights, including recommending joining relevant regional and international conventions, submitting parallel reports, and contributing to the formulation and discussion of reports that the Bahrain undertakes to submit periodically and make observations thereon. Applying regional and international human rights treaties, publishing them in the media, and cooperating with national bodies, regional and international organizations, and relevant institutions in other countries concerned with the promotion of human rights. 2