publications, data, and special reports, and upload them on the NIHR website. 1.28 The provisions of the Law also reflect the role of the NIHR in the field of human rights protection through receiving complaints related to human rights and conducting field visits to monitor the situation of human rights in detention centres. 1.29 Article (12) of the same Law states in paragraph (e) that the NIHR is entitled to “monitor violation of human rights instances, conduct the necessary investigation, draw the attention of the competent authorities and provide them with proposals on initiatives to put an end to such violations and, where necessary, to express an opinion on the reactions and positions of the competent authorities”. Moreover, paragraph (f) stipulates NIHR’s authority to" receive, examine, and consider complaints related to human rights, refer the complaints, which NIHR deems necessary, to the relevant authorities, follow-up the complaints effectively, or inform those concerned of the procedures that should be applied, help them take such procedures, or assist in the settlement of complaints with the relevant authorities”. 1.30 With regard to field visits as one of the means of monitoring granted to the NIHR, Article (12), paragraph (g), stipulates its mandate to "perform announced and unannounced field visits to monitor human rights situation in correction institutions, detention centres, labor calls gathering, health and education centres, or any other public place in which it is suspected that human rights violations are taking place”. Parallel Report by the National Institution for Human Rights of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Human Rights Committee © 2018 14