(II) PROVIDING ADVICE NIHR provides recommendations, suggestions and reports on a consultancy basis to all government and non-governmental agencies, whether on its own initiative or at the request of such agencies, on any issue related to the promotion, protection or development of human rights pursuant to Article (12), paragraphs a, b, c, d, f and h of NIHR establishment law, in the following fields: 1. Advice on Legislative Matters: NIHR studies the legislations in force in the Kingdom and recommends the amendments it deems appropriate in this regard, particularly with respect to the conformity of such legislation with the Kingdom’s international obligations. NIHR may also make recommendations to promulgate new legislation related to human rights. 2. Advice on Implementation of International Conventions: NIHR plays a role in enlightening the executive authority to accept international conventions, and informs them of the nature of the obligations resulting from the accession to or ratification of the international conventions. NIHR also provides advice on the conformity of national laws with the standards set out in the said conventions or whether there is a need to undertake additional legislative initiatives. Additionally, NIHR provides recommendations and suggestions on how to harmonize national legislation with international conventions, and gives advice on the need to implement the provisions of these international conventions at the national level. 3. Advice on Political Affairs: Through its control over referenda and elections, NIHR provides its advisory opinion on the best democratic practices in political affairs. It also has a key role on how citizens exercise their political rights, including by the establishment of political associations and the exercise of their functions. Moreover, NIHR has an important role in the dissemination of political culture and principles of citizenship and their relationship to human rights pursuant to the provisions and principles of the National Action Charter and the Constitution of the Kingdom of Bahrain, based on the internationally recognized concepts set out in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. 4. Advice on Administrative Affairs: NIHR monitors any bureaucratic behavior or pattern which violates or prevents the full enjoyment of the rights set out in the Constitution or the laws regulating such rights, or affects them, either directly or indirectly. NIHR clarifies the reasons that have led to such behavior and proposes the appropriate solutions to end or mitigate the effect of such behavior. 6