CHAPTER TWO The National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) General Efforts and Activities in the Field of Protection and Promotion of Human Rights The provisions of Law No. (26) of 2014 establishing the National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR), reiterates the role of the NIHR in the field of protection and promotion of human rights. This chapter tackles the efforts and activities of NIHR in the field of protection and promotion of human rights in general along two topics, the first covers NIHR’s efforts and activities in the field of protection of human rights and the second covers the efforts and activities exerted in the promotion of human rights. First Topic The National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) General Efforts and Activities in the Field of Protection of Human Rights This topic demonstrates the efforts and activities exerted by NIHR in the field of protection of human rights in general – during the report period -by exhibiting an overview of total visits, announced and unannounced, which NIHR conducted to correction, rehabilitation, and detention centers under requirement one, while requirement two tackles the received complaints and the legal assistance provided and monitoring cases. Requirement One Announced and Unannounced Visits to Correction, Rehabilitation, and Detention Centers 1. The provisions of Law No. (26) of 2014 establishing the National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR), reiterates the role of NIHR in the field of protection of human rights by receiving the complaints relating to human rights, conducting field visits to monitor conditions of human rights in all the places susceptible to witness potential violations of human rights, as well as monitoring incidents of violations of human rights, and carry on the needed investigation about them. 2. Concerning the field visits, as one of the available monitoring means to NIHR, according to item (g) of Article (12) of the said law regarding its tasks in “To conduct field visits in accordance with the applicable principles in order NIHR Bahrain- Eighth Annual Report 2020 63