23. Accordingly, the Chairperson of the NIHR issued Resolution No. (44) of 2018 establishing the NIHR’s Committee for Observing the Parliamentary and Municipal Elections of 2018 under the chairmanship of Dr. Bader Mohammed Adel (Chairman of the Committee on Civil and Political Rights) and the membership of Dr. Khalifa bin Ali al Fadhel (Secretary General). 24. Giving effect to Resolution No. (44) of 2018 establishing the NIHR’s Committee for Observing the Parliamentary and Municipal Elections of 2018, the General Secretariat Resolution No. (22) of 2018 was issued assigning a number of employees of the General Secretariat to participate in observing the parliamentary and municipal elections of 2018 and establishing an internal committee to prepare a draft report on observing the electoral process. The Committee shall submit its report to the Secretary General, who then forwards it to the Chairperson of the NIHR. 25. In order to build and raise the capacity of the NIHR’s task team, which is charged with observation and monitoring, the Chairman of the Committee for Observing the Parliamentary and Municipal Elections of the NIHR presented a training program for the participating team. The Committee held several preparatory meetings for those participating in the national monitoring of the electoral process. During the meetings, the work mechanism of the observers while at the ballot and counting committees was reviewed to verify that the voters’ procedures are smooth and easy according to the form for monitoring the parliamentary and municipal elections of 2018 prepared by the NIHR for this purpose. In addition, all information related to the monitoring process and the role of each observer was explained; and the forms for the monitoring of the parliamentary elections and the municipal elections were distributed for each observer in the ballot and counting committees. 26. The Supreme Committee for the General Supervision of the Soundness of Elections held a workshop on 13 November 2018 at Isa Cultural Center for all the participants in the monitoring process of the electoral process. In addition to the NIHR, four civil society associations, namely, Bahrain Transparency Society, Bahraini Human Rights Society, Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society, and Bahrain Public Relations Association requested to participate in observing the elections. 27. During the workshop, the vital role played by the participating organizations in monitoring the electoral process by promoting the principles of transparency, integrity, and sound democratic practice was emphasized. In addition, it was announced that a hotline was dedicated for the direct communication between the Supreme Committee for the General Supervision of the Soundness of Elections and the organizations involved in the monitoring process, in order to submit any 13