Working paper on: The role of National Institution for Human Rights in promoting and protecting the right to vote and the right to contest for elections in the Kingdom of Bahrain Submitted by Mr. Farid Ghazi Jassim Rafie Member of the Council of Commissioners, Chairperson of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the National Institution for Human Rights in Bahrain In a workshop on The role of National Institutions for Human rights in monitoring the elections Organized by the Arab Network of National Institutions for Human Rights in cooperation with the Regional Centre of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 13 - 15 March 2016 Amman - Jordan Working paper on The role of National Institution for Human Rights in promoting and protecting