health, protection from violence, and prevention of discrimination, and enhancing the principle of equality and equal opportunities before the law. 55. In connection with the rights of the child, the NIHR participated in the awareness raising dialogue session entitled “The efforts of the Kingdom of Bahrain in the protection of the rights of the offender and victim child”, organized by the Institute of Judicial and Legal Studies. Relevant bodies participated in the event, such as the Public Prosecution and the Child Protection Center at the Ministry of Labor and Social Development. A brief presentation on the role of the NIHR in the promotion and protection of the rights of the child was presented by focusing on a number of topics, notably: legal framework and working mechanism of the NIHR in the field of promotion and protection of the rights of the child, its interaction with the United Nations mechanisms and international events concerned with the rights of the child, along with showing the relationship between the rights of the child and Sustainable Development Goals (2030). 56. In raising awareness of the rights and duties of residents, the NIHR organized awareness lectures on its competencies and mechanism of submitting complaints in a number of expats clubs in the Kingdom, including the Kerillian Club, the Nepal Club, the Sudanese Club, and the Philippine Embassy. This initiative strengthens the work of the NIHR in the field of protecting human rights, especially the rights of expatriate workers, by reaching out to the various foreign communities in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Table showing the number of events organized by the NIHR during (2016-2018) Year Number of Events 2016 33 2017 56 2018 49 47