provisions of the draft decree-law stipulated to reduce the time limit for law enforcement officers and public prosecutors upon the arrest or interrogation of the accused. It also stated the need for periodic and regular judicial oversight over reform and rehabilitation institutions. The draft law also states that, when necessary, bailiffs shall use the military force conditional on the authorization of the office of the competent prosecutor, and that the prosecutor must specify the date, time, and place where the investigation proceedings are conducted. In addition, it granted the accused the right to appeal against detention orders. In principle, the NIHR expressed its support to these amendments as they are meant to protect the rights of detainees, and it provided its detailed observations in this regard. The Shura Council's decision was in line with the decision of the Council of Representatives, rejecting the draft law in principle, although the NIHR, in its opinion on the draft law, considered that there are some aspects of the draft law that can be amended to provide legal guarantees corresponding to the provisions of the Constitution and the related conventions. 3.11 Article (36) of Law No. (18) of 2014 issuing the Reform and Rehabilitation Institutions Law stated that it is necessary to conduct judicial inspections of the institutions. The Article stipulated that:"The President of the Court of Cassation, the Attorney General, the President of the Supreme Court of Appeal, the President of the Supreme Criminal Court, the President of the Supreme Civil Court, the sentence enforcement judge, and the Attorney-General's deputies within their jurisdiction, are entitled to visit and inspect the correctional and Parallel Report by the National Institution for Human Rights of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Human Rights Committee © 2018 27