Diagram for Number of Visits conducted by the National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) to Correction, Rehabilitation, and Detention Centers during 2020 Requirement Two Complaints Received, Legal Aid Extended and Monitored Cases First: Complaints Received 6. Article No. (12) of the provisions of Law No. (26) of 2014 establishing the NIHR, as amended by Decree-Law No. (20) of 2016, in paragraph (E) thereof stipulates the NIHR is competent to: “Monitor cases of human rights violations, conduct the necessary investigation, and draw attention of the competent authorities to them, while submitting proposals related to initiatives aimed at putting an end to these cases, and, when necessary, expressing opinion on the position and reactions of those bodies.” Also, Paragraph (f) of the same article states its authority to “receive complaints related to human rights, studying and researching them and referring what the institution deems to be referred to the competent authorities with effective follow-up, or informing those concerned of the NIHR Bahrain- Eighth Annual Report 2020 67