Section I Progress Achieved and the Efforts and Activities Undertaken in the Field of Promoting Human Rights 1. The provisions of Law Number (26) of 2014 establishing the National Institution for Human Rights, amended by Decree-law Number (20) of 2016, emphasized its role in the field of promoting human rights, where Article Number (12) thereof affirmed a constellation of jurisdictions for the National institution for purposes of achieving its goals in this field, through its participation in laying down and implementing a national plan for promoting human rights at the level of the Kingdom, and studying the legislations and regulations in effect related to human rights and to recommend the amendments it deems appropriate, especially as relates to the harmony of those legislations with the international human rights commitments of the Kingdom, and to recommend enacting blew legislations related to human rights. 2. Moreover, the provisions of the National Institution Law granted a jurisdiction to discuss the harmony of the legislative and organizational stipulations with regional and international conventions concerned with human rights issues, including the recommendation to acceded to concerned regional and international conventions, and to present parallel reports, and to contribute to formulating and discussing the reports which the Kingdom undertakes to submit regularly and to express observations on them, in compliance with regional and international conventions particular to human rights, and to spread them in the media, and to cooperate with national bodies and regional and international organizations, and the relevant institutions in other countries concerned with promoting human rights. 3. Moreover, those provisions entrusted the National Institution to hold conference and to organize educational and training seminars and courses in the field of human rights, and to conduct research and studies in this regard, and to participate in local and international forums, and in the meetings of regional and international organizations, in addition to issuing bulletins, printed materials, statements and special reports and to post them in its website. 4. In conformity with those jurisdictions included in the provisions of the Law, the National Institution played an active role in the field of promoting human rights through publishing a number of educational bulletins and printed materials related to human rights, and the holding of a number of seminars and lectures, and sign a number of Memorandum of Understanding with the various civil society organizations and concerned regional parties, and it also played an effective tool in field of legislative review I cooperation with the House of Representatives and the Shura Council in additions to its issuance of a number of statements concurrent with international days or events, in addition to its regional and international participation in numerous seminars, workshops, training courses and conferences connected to its activities. 5. Concerning international human rights conventions, the Kingdom of Bahrain ratified and acceded to seven basic international conventions related to human rights out of a total of nine basic international conventions International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in accordance with 42