1.23. Regarding the financial resources of the NIHR, Article (20) of the Law stipulates that the NIHR shall have sufficient financial resources to enable it to undertake its mandates and the tasks assigned to it to the best of its ability; and that these resources shall allocated to NIHR in a separate ledger of the general state budget that is issued by law. The Article also stipulates that the NIHR shall manage and control its financial resources with complete independence and that its financial accounts shall be subject to the supervision of the National Audit Office. 1.24. Article (21) of the Law was amended stipulating that the Council of Commissioners shall produce an annual report on the efforts, activities and work streams of the NIHR, which includes a section explaining the level of progress on the human rights situation in the Kingdom, as well as any observations and comments within its competency, identifying any obstacles to the NIHR’s performance and the solutions adopted to circumvent them. The Council of Commissioners shall present the report to the King, the Council of Ministers, the Council of Representatives, and the Shura Council. The report shall be presented to the public in parallel. 1.25. The provisions of Law No. (26) of 2014 Establishing the National Institution for Human Rights, amended by Decree-Law No. (20) of 2016, confirm the role of the NIHR in the field of promoting human rights. Article (12) of the Law stipulates a number of NIHR’s mandates to fulfill its objectives in this area, namely, to participate in the production and implementation of a national plan for the promotion of human rights in the Kingdom; to examine human rights legislation and regulations enforced in the Kingdom and recommend amendments as it deems fit, particularly in connection with the consistency of such regulations with the Kingdom's international obligations in the human rights field; and to recommend enacting new legislation related to human rights. 1.26. The provisions of the Law granted the NIHR the competence to consider the conformity of legislative and regulatory provisions with regional and international treaties related to human rights issues. This includes submitting recommendations to accession to regional and international conventions and treaties concerned with human rights, submitting parallel reports, participating in drafting and discussion of the reports, which the Kingdom undertakes to submit periodically in implementation of the regional and international conventions concerning human rights, making remarks thereon, and publishing such reports in the media outlets. It further includes cooperation with national bodies and regional and international organizations, as well as the relevant institutions in other countries that are concerned with the promotion of human rights. 8 NIHR_Bahrain©CRC_Additional_Information_Nov2018