be issued to determine the mechanism, procedures, and controls for selecting the members of the Council of Commissioners in order to enhance the transparency of consultations and appointments. 4. Moreover, to implement the provisions of Paragraph (a) of Article No (5) of the establishing Law, stating that, “members of the Council of Commissioners shall be appointed by a Royal Order for a period of four years, renewable for similar terms,” which also specified that these appointments take place “after consultation with relevant bodies of civil society and various other organizations;” and Paragraph (b) of the same Article also stated, which provided that the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson are to be elected from among the full-time members; and Paragraph (c) of Article No (3) of Decree-Law No. (20) of 2016 stipulating that, “A Royal Order shall be issued to determine the mechanisms, procedures, and the selection process of members of the Council of Commissioners;” Royal Order No. (17) of 2017 was issued determining the controls governing the appointment of members of the Council of Commissioners at the National Institution for Human Rights7, which required that, “to ensure their independence, a member of NIHR’s Council of Commissioners and in addition to membership conditions stipulated in Article No (4) of Law No (26) of 2014 on the Establishment of the NIHR, he/ she shall fulfill the following requirements: 1. Not to belong to any political association, excluding members of the legislature who shall have the right to discussion without a vote; 2. full-time members shall have a higher academic qualification and shall speak one of the official languages of the United Nations in addition to the Arabic language; 3. For those appointed from civil society organizations and professional and trade union organizations, they shall have been members for a minimum of two years; 7 Royal Order No. (17) of 2017 was issued determining the controls governing the appointment of members of the Council of Commissioners at the National Institution for Human Rights. In Arabic https://www.nihr.org.bh/MediaHandler/GenericHandler/documents/download/RoyalDecree17-2017.pdf https://www.nihr.org.bh/en/MediaHandler/GenericHandler/documents/PDF/Royal%20Order%20No%20 %20(17)%20of%202017%20English.pdf In English Ninth Annual Report of the NIHR 15