application was officially accepted and the date to consider it was set on 9 May 2016 during the formal session of the Sub-Committee, which requested the NIHR to submit a report entitled "Statement of Compliance with the Paris Principles on National Human Rights Institutions", containing a number of points centred on establishment, independence, structure, organizational infrastructure, work methods, competencies, general responsibilities, and the relationship with human rights bodies and authorities. 1.8 The NIHR sent the Statement of Compliance with the Paris Principles to the Committee four months prior to the set date for consideration according to the requirements for submitting the accreditation application. The Committee issued a summary report of the Compliance Statement in which it identified a number of issues that need focusing on and the importance of incorporating them in the applicable law in line with the accreditation requirements. The SubCommittee communicated over via telephone with the NIHR’s Council of Commissioners on the day scheduled for consideration of the application for accreditation in May 2016 to clarify a number of points. 1.9 In the light of the information provided by the NIHR and the discussions between the Council of Commissioners and the SubCommittee, the latter issued its final report, which was formally issued Parallel Report by the National Institution for Human Rights of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Human Rights Committee © 2018 6