National Institution for Human Rights – Kingdom of Bahrain Association on July 10, 2013, the Supreme Council for Women on December 24, 2013, and the Secretariat of Grievances of the Ministry of Interior on December 29, 2013. These memoranda aim to build bridges of cooperation with those organizations and agencies to improve the promotion of human rights and to work together to develop programs to achieve the envisaged goals. 9. In terms of legislative review, at the request of the House of Representatives and the Shura Council, NIHR presented its views on a number of national laws to indicate their compliance with international instruments on human rights and the relevant international obligations of the Kingdom. This includes the draft law on reform, rehabilitation, and custody centers; the draft law on the amendment of the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code to reduce the period of precautionary imprisonment of the accused and grant him the right to challenge such imprisonment; the draft law amending Article 5 of Law No. 47 of 2006 on the Care, Rehabilitation and Employment of Disabled People; and the introduced Article 20 of the draft traffic law. NIHR also proposed that the Government prepares a comprehensive national strategy that includes the necessary mechanisms and procedures for dealing with human rights reports issued on the Kingdom of Bahrain. 10. NIHR presented its recommendations to the Government about the Law of Trade Unions Freedom and the Right to Organize Trade Unions in Bahrain, a proposal on amending the Citizenship Law to grant Bahraini women a right equal to men with respect to the nationality of their children, and a proposal for raising juvenile age set out in Decree Law No. 17 of 1976 concerning Juveniles up to the age of eighteen years, in addition to its observations on the National Children’s Strategy for the years (2013-2017). 11. NIHR interacted with the relevant world days and events related to the promotion of human rights in the community. In 2013, NIHR issued twenty-five statements on those days and occasions, the first of which was a statement on the occasion of World Health Day; the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination; the International Day of Books and Copyright; World Day for Cultural Diversity and Development; World Environment Day; World Day Against Child Labor; World Elderly Abuse Awareness Day; the United Nations World Refugee Day; the Twentieth Anniversary of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; International Day in Support of Victims of Torture; the International Day for Victims of Enforced Disappearance; the International Day of Democracy; the World Day of Peace; the International Day of Non-Violence; the World Teachers’ Day; the World Habitat Day; World Food Day; the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty; the United Nations Day; the International Day for Tolerance; the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women; the International Day for Persons with Disabilities; the International Day against Corruption; and Human Rights Day. As a whole, these statements aim to inform the public of the international day or occasion, with an indication of its importance, and its relevant practice at the national level. 12. In addition, NIHR was concerned with its presence and representation in regional and international forums related to its activity and mandate. NIHR participated in a number of seminars, workshops, training courses, and conferences. At the regional level, the Institution participated in the international symposium entitled “Development, Democracy and Developing the Arab Regional Regime” held at the headquarters of the League of Arab States in Cairo, in cooperation with the League of Arab States, the Arab Network of National Institutions for Human Rights, the United Nations Organization for Education, Culture and Science, and the Arab Organization 19