Requirement Three Organizing Events and Training Programs First: Distance training program in the field of human rights 7. Based on its establishing law, mandating the NIHR to spread the culture of human rights among the various segments of society in accordance with national and international standards, through proposing projects and initiatives aimed at transforming knowledge of human rights into scientific skills and daily practice by individuals in society, in their work and in their private lives, and in response to and implementation of the precautionary measures taken by the state to combat the spread of the coronavirus (Covid19), based on which studies were suspended in universities, institutes, government and private schools and kindergartens, and to avoid gatherings, meetings and working on social distancing, it became mandatory to organize training programs on how to remotely use electronic means and advanced technology. 8. Accordingly, a distance training program in the field of human rights was organized for university students, whether studying in the Kingdom of Bahrain or abroad, who have the desire to perform practical training related to their academic requirements during the period extending from June to December 2020, and for employees of some government agencies, individuals and researchers who possess a desire to know the mechanism of the NIHR’s work (analysis and study of complaints and assistance provided, monitoring, follow-up to public comments and statements of treaty bodies and special procedures, the mechanism of writing reports and advisory opinions, and research on human rights), where a series of lectures were presented to the participants within the program, who were admitted in groups throughout the year. Among the most prominent topics under focus were the role of the NIHR in the field of promoting and protecting human rights in the Kingdom of Bahrain, international human rights instruments, and standards for announced and unannounced visits to reform and rehabilitation centers, and the tasks and competencies of permanent committees of the Board of Commissioners. NIHR Bahrain- Eighth Annual Report 2020 86