Section I: Role of the NIHR in the Field of Promoting Human Rights 1- The provisions of Law Number (26) for the Year 2014 establishing the NIHR for Human Rights emphasize its role in the field of promoting human rights, where Article (12) thereof affirmed a constellation of jurisdictions for the NIHR with a view to achieving its objectives 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 and evaluating the legislation and regulations in force related to human rights and the recommendation of amendments which it deems appropriate, especially as relates to the consistency of those legislations with the international human rights obligations of the Kingdom, and also recommending the enactment of new laws related to human rights. 2- Moreover, the provisions of the Law granted the NIHR jurisdiction to consider the compatibility of legislative and organizational stipulations with the regional and international conventions pertaining to human rights issues, and to submit proposals and recommendations to the competent authorities in all that may promote human rights, including the recommendation to accede to regional and international convention of relevance, and to submit parallel reports, and to contribute to formulating and discussing reports which the Kingdom undertakes to present regularly and to express comments on them, in compliance with regional and international conventions concerning human rights, whilst spreading them in the media, and cooperate with national, regional and international organizations, and relevant institutions in other countries concerned with promoting human rights. ‫اﻟﺘﻘﺮﻳﺮ اﻟﺴﻨﻮي اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ‬ ‫ﻟﻠﻤﺆﺳﺴﺔ اﻟﻮﻃﻨﻴﺔ ﻟﺤﻘﻮق اﻧﺴﻨﺎم‬ ‫ ـ ﻣﻤﻠﻜﺔ اﻟﺒﺤﺮﻳﻦ‬2015 ‫ﻟﻌﺎم‬ 3- Moreover, those provisions authorized the NIHR to hold conferences and organize educational and training seminars and workshops in the field of human rights, and conduct research and studies in this regard, and partake in local and international forums, and in the meetings of regional and international organizations, in addition to issuing bulletins, statements and special reports, and to present them on its website. 4- In compliance with those jurisdictions included within the provisions of the Law, the Institution played an active role in the field of promoting human rights through the publication of a number of bulletins and awareness raising printed materials related to human rights, the holding of a number of lectures and symposia, and concluding a number of memoranda of understanding with various civil society organizations and relevant regional quarters, while also contributing through an effective role in the field of legislative review in cooperation with the Shura Council and the House of Representatives, in addition to issuing a number of statements marking international days or occasions, not to mention its regional and international participation in numerous symposia, workshops, trainings courses and conferences related to its activity. 5- In the field of issuing bulletins and printed materials the NIHR, in cooperation with the Asia Pacific Forum translated a booklet titled “Promoting and Protecting the Human Rights of Women and Girls: A Manual for NIHR,” which is actually a booklet that aims to help the human rights NIHR to activate the promotion and protection of the segment of women and minorities in society given that it includes practical information concerning the mechanisms and activity that NIHR could perform in the field of monitoring, investigation and providing legal advise concerning the violations 62