National Institution for Human Rights – Kingdom of Bahrain individuals, requests for assistance to obtain political asylum in a foreign country, or requests to intervene to end administrative proceedings before the competent government bodies. 46. In view of the requests for legal assistance and advice received by NIHR, which did not involve any direct prejudice to civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, the Institution was required to intervene to consider these requests through direct contact or official communication with the authority concerned. This intervention includes identifying the condition of a citizen being detained in a GCC country, facilitating the implementation of a court order issued by a Bahraini court which is required to be enforced abroad Bahrain, or allowing a convict to attend the funeral ceremony of any of his relatives, in addition to other requests for releasing detainees on humanitarian grounds. 47. The following table shows the number of requests for legal assistance and advice received by NIHR by month in 2013, and by the groups seeking legal assistance or advice as follows: Month Number of Requests for Assistance and Legal Advice Category Male Female Child January 2 1 1 - February 3 1 2 - March 10 6 6 - April 8 6 6 - May 5 2 3 - June 7 2 7 - July 8 6 2 - August 9 5 4 - September 5 1 4 - October 7 4 3 - November 9 2 7 - December 11 7 4 1 Total 84 43 49 1 43 49 1 0 10 20 30 Man Women 29 40 50 Child 60