competency, identifying any obstacles to the Institutions performance and the solutions adopted to circumvent them. The Council of Commissioners shall present the report to the King, the Council of Ministers, the Representatives Council, and the Shura Council. The report shall be presented to the public in parallel.” 1.33. Accordingly, the NIHR, during the years (2013-2017), undertook to issue and submit its annual reports 4 to His Majesty the King and to the constitutional authorities. The reports included independent chapters presenting the activities carried out by the NIHR during the time frame of the report in the area of the promotion and protection of human rights in particular. They also included separate chapters dealing with some of the key human rights issues that prevailed during the reporting period, as well as the advisory opinions of the NIHR submitted to the constitutional authorities and its compatibility with the international human rights instruments. 2. The Role of the National Institution for Human Rights in the Promotion of the Rights of the Child 2.1. 2.2. Since its inception, the NIHR has played an active role in the promotion of human rights, in general, and the rights of the child, in particular, thanks to its establishment law, which has given the NIHR several competencies. The most prominent of such is the promotion and awareness of a human rights culture of through various means. These means include issuing of educational newsletters and publications, organizing a number of workshops and lectures, and finalizing a number of memorandums of understanding with civil society institutions, specifically in the field of civil and political rights. In order to promote the rights of the child, the NIHR has concluded a number of activities and events during the years (2016-2018), in which it directly targeted children through the summer event organized by the Royal Police Academy for summer camp students. This program aims at promoting citizenship and sense of belonging among youth aged (12-17 years), refining their abilities, discovering their cultural, social, and sports talents, and guiding them in the right direction. In addition, the program aims at assisting youth in exploring their leisure time in something useful and beneficial issues, their families, and the society, developing their leadership and life skills, and making young people secure against possible 4 Visit the NIHR’s website (www.nihr.org.bh), Annual Reports Section, to view the NIHR’s reports in both English and Arabic languages. The reports are attached to this report. 11 NIHR_Bahrain©CRC_parallel report 2018