has a likelihood of occurring. Moreover, the mandate of the national institution should be interpreted in a broad, free and targeted manner to promote a progressive definition of human rights that guarantees all rights enshrined in international, regional and national human rights instruments. implementation of a national plan for the promotion and protection of human rights in the Kingdom; 3. Rreferring to the provisions of Law No. (26) of 2014, it is noted that the Law has granted the NIHR a broad mandate in the field of human rights in Article No. (2), which stipulates that, “An independent institution is established named the (National Institution for Human Rights) responsible for promoting, developing and protecting human rights, consolidating its values, disseminating a culture awareness and contributing to securing its practice; it will be based in the city of Manama and its building shall be adapted to the needs of persons with disabilities. The NIHR shall have a corporate personality that is financially and administratively independent, and shall conduct its mandates freely, impartially, and independently. The institution enjoys an independent legal personality, financial and administrative independence, and exercises its tasks freely, impartially and completely independent.” 4. In addition to what is prescribed in Article No. (12) of the same Law, which grants the NIHR the freedom to comment on any human rights issue and to address any human rights case as it deems appropriate in order to achieve its objectives, the NIHR has the following mandates:  Participate in the development and 10  Examine human rights-related legislation and regulations in force in the Kingdom and recommend amendments as it deems suitable, particularly in connection with the compatibility of such legislation with the international obligations of the Kingdom in the human rights field. The NIHR shall be empowered to recommend enacting new legislation related to human rights.  Review the consistency of legislation and regulations with regional and international conventions on human rights issues, and submit proposals and recommendations to the competent authorities in any matter that promotes and protects human rights, including recommendations concerning accession to regional and international conventions and treaties concerning human rights.  Submit parallel reports, participate in the drafting and discussion of the reports, which the Kingdom is committed to submit periodically for the implementation of human rights’ regional and international conventions, and comment thereon, and publish such reports in the media.  Monitor violation of human rights instances, conduct the necessary investigation, bring such to the attention of the competent authorities and provide them with proposals on initiatives to put an end to such violations and, where necessary, express