1.18 The amendments made in Decree-Law No. (20) of 2016 amending certain provisions of Law No. (26) of 2014 Establishing the National Institution for Human Rights included the provision of Article (3/b) regarding the selection of the members of the Council of Commissioners from members of the legislative bodies provided they do not form a majority in the Council of Commissioners and that they can participate in the discussion but as non-voting members. The same Article in para (c) also ruled that a Royal decree shall be issued to determine the mechanisms, procedures, and the selection process of the members of the Council of Commissioners to enhance the transparency of consultations and appointments. 1.19 Regarding the full-time/part-time membership of the members of the Council of Commissioners to perform their duties, Article (5) of the Law stipulates that the Royal Decree appointing the members of the Council of Commissioners requires identifying the full-time members, who work full-time to fulfill their mandate in the Institution and are not committed to work in other professions while performing NIHR tasks, and the part-time members, who are fulfilling their mandate in the Institution besides performing a work in any other profession, provided that the Chairperson and the Vice Chairperson are among the full-time members. 1.20 The amendments in Article (12/g) of the Law grant the NIHR the mandate to carry out announced and unannounced field visits to monitor human rights situation in correctional institutions, detention centres, labor calls gathering, health and education centres, or any Parallel Report by the National Institution for Human Rights of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Human Rights Committee © 2018 10