First Topic Legal Framework of the National Institution for Human Rights’ Work Preface: This topic will address the legal framework that regulates the work of the NIHR by outlining the tasks and competencies entrusted to it and contained in its establishing Law, in addition to the controls over appointing members of its Council of Commissioners, in two successive requirements as follows: Requirement One Functions and Competencies of the NIHR Contained in the Establishment Law Section One: The legal basis for the NIHR 1. Maintaining the voluntary commitments of the Kingdom of Bahrain before the Human Rights Council during the Universal Periodic Review in April 2008, which included that the Kingdom “is committed to establishing a national human rights body at the earliest possible date, taking into account the relevant United Nations resolutions, in particular the Paris Principles; in November 2007, a decision was issued by the Council of Ministers regarding the establishment of a national human rights body that is expected, after its establishment, to draw up a national plan to promote and protect human rights in the Kingdom”.1 2. Royal Order No. (46) of 2009 was issued to establish the National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR)2 as a beacon of human rights awareness and a house of expertise and advice. The Royal Order included, in addition to the Preamble (15) articles dealing with the establishment of an independent institution called the “National Institution 1 First National Report of the Kingdom of Bahrain submitted to the Human Rights Council in the First Session held on 7-18 April 2008- Document Number (A/HRC/WG.6/1/BHR/1) in Arabic. https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G08/115/42/PDF/G0811542.pdf?OpenElement in English Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review - Document No. A/HRC/8/19 in Arabic https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G08/136/05/PDF/G0813605.pdf?OpenElement https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G08/136/07/PDF/G0813607.pdf?OpenElement in English 2 Royal Order No (46) of 2009 on establishing the National Institution for Human Rights https://www.nihr.org.bh/MediaHandler/GenericHandler/PDF/NHRI/O4609.pdf Ninth Annual Report of the NIHR 8