Section I: The role of the NIHR in the field of promoting human rights 1. T  he provisions of Law No. (26) for the year 2014 included the establishment of the National Institution for Human Rights, as amended by Decree-Law No. (20) for the year 2016, confirming its role in the promotion of human rights, where Article No. (12) approved a number of jurisdictions for the NIHR in order to achieve its objectives in this area, through its participation in the development and implementation of a national plan for the promotion of human rights in the Kingdom, studying legislations and regulations in force relating to human rights, and recommending amendments as it deems appropriate, especially with regard to the consistency of these legislations with the Kingdom’s international human rights obligations, in addition to recommending the issuing of new legislations related to human rights. 2. I n addition, the provisions of the law granted the NIHR jurisdiction to consider the appropriateness of legislative and regulatory texts in comparison with regional and international treaties on human rights, and to provide suggestions and recommendations to the competent authorities regarding everything that would promote human rights, including the recommendation to join relevant regional and international conventions, and to provide parallel reports, and contribute to the formulation and discussion of reports that the kingdom pledged to submit periodically and make comments. This will be done as part of the application of regional and international agreements concerning human rights. It will also publish its reports in the media, and cooperate with the national authorities, regional and international organizations, and relevant institutions in other countries who are concerned with the promotion of human rights. 3. Those provisions also mandated the NIHR to hold conferences and organize seminars and training courses in the field of human rights, and conduct research and studies in this regard, and to participate in local and international forums, and in the meetings of regional and international organizations, as well as issue its own bulletins, publications, data and reports, and display them on its website. 4. Pursuant to the terms of reference contained in the provisions of the law, the institution played an active role in the promotion of human rights through conducting a number of seminars, lectures, and agreement on a memorandum of understanding with an organization operating in the field of human rights. The NIHR also played an active role in the field of legislative review in cooperation with the House of Representatives and the Consultative (Shura) Council, in addition to issuing a number of statements to coincide with the days or international events, as well as its regional and international participation in numerous seminars and workshops, training courses and conferences relevant to its work. 42