CHAPTER ONE - Development of the NIHR’s Work Preface and Partitioning: 1. Driven by the insightful vision of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the Monarch of the Country may God protect him, on the importance of monitoring, observing, promoting, and protecting human rights in the Kingdom of Bahrain; and to continue His Majesty’s comprehensive and enlightened reform project to advance the Kingdom of Bahrain making it one of the most prominent democracies in the region; Royal Order No. (48) of 2009 was issued to establish the National Institution for Human Rights, which was amended by Royal Order No. (28) of 2012, and the subsequent enactment of Law No. (26) of 2014 establishing the National Institution for Human Rights, which was amended by Decree-Law No. (20) of 2016. 2. In view of that, this Chapter will briefly address the development of the NIHR’s work since its inception in 2009 up to the present time. This will be accomplished by presenting the legal framework for NIHR’s work, namely, the tasks, functions, and competences entrusted to it. In addition, the controls over appointing the members of the NIHR’s Council of Commissioners will be reviewed under the First Topic, followed by the Second Topic, which deals with the organizational structure of the NIHR’s work and presents the competencies conferred on its Council of Commissioners, and the role of the specific standing committees and the Secretariat-General. 7