4. For those appointed from academic bodies, they shall be at least at an assistant professor rank; 5. They shall have clear and concrete contributions in the area of human rights.” 5. Article No (2) of Royal Order No (17) of 2017 affirmed that the selection process of the members of the Council of Commissioners should ensure representation of the wide spectrum of society without any discrimination based on gender, origin, religion, creed, or disability. In addition, it must take account of representing women properly, as well as minorities. It also required that among the previous categories, there should be an appropriate number of specialists in the legal and human rights fields as well as other fields that fall into NIHR’s core work, bearing in mind preventing conflict of interests, either directly or indirectly. The Royal Order delegated the Royal Court Minister to carry out the necessary consultations for the nomination of the full-time and part-time members of the Council of Commissioners. 6. Furthermore, Article No (9) of the NIHR’s Establishment Law stipulates that, “A member of the Council of Commissioners may not hold accountable for (his/her) opinion and ideas on issues that fall within the competence of the Institution. A member may not be questioned without the consent of the Chairperson, and it must be done in the presence of the representative of the Council of Commissioners.” In addition, “The institution headquarters may not be searched except after obtaining a judicial order and in the presence of a representative of the public prosecution. The Chairperson must be notified of this and a representative of the Chairperson must be invited to be present during the search.” Ninth Annual Report of the NIHR 16