Chapter One - Development of NIHR’s Work Preface and Partitioning: 1. Driven by the insightful vision of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the King of the Country may God protect him, on the importance of observing, promoting, and protecting human rights in the Kingdom of Bahrain; and to achieve His Majesty’s comprehensive and enlightened reform project to advance the Kingdom of Bahrain making it one of the most prominent democratic systems in the region; Royal Order No. (48) of 2009 was issued to establish the National Institution for Human Rights, which was amended by Royal Order No. (28) of 2012, and the subsequent enactment of Law No. (26) of 2014 establishing the National Institution for Human Rights, which was amended by Decree-Law No. (20) of 2016. 2. In view of that, this Chapter will briefly address the development of NIHR’s work since its inception in 2009 up to the present time. This will be done through presenting the legal framework for NIHR’s work, namely, the tasks, functions, and competencies entrusted to it. In addition, the controls over appointing the members of NIHR’s Council of Commissioners will be reviewed under the First Topic, followed by the Second Topic, which deals with the organizational structure of NIHR’s work and presents the competencies conferred on its Council of Commissioners, and the role played by the specific standing committees. Ninth Annual Report of the NIHR 7