Introduction 1. The National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) in the Kingdom of Bahrain1 presents its parallel report on the initial national report of the Kingdom of Bahrain on the progress made in implementing the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, ratified by the Kingdom of Bahrain under Law No. (10) of 2007. 2. The NIHR appreciates the efforts made by the Kingdom in submitting its national report - despite the delay in its submission - in its belief in the importance and effectiveness of this international mechanism in promoting and protecting human rights at the national level, and in fulfillment of its international obligations arising from ratification and accession to international human rights instruments. 3. The NIHR presents its parallel report, containing its observations on the progress made in implementing the provisions of the Covenant, and addressing the most prominent rights recognized by the provisions of the Covenant, which it believes have cast a shadow over the practical reality, and touched upon the reality of economic, social and cultural rights during the years (2019), (2020), (October 2021), reaching to the point of presenting a number of recommendations it deems appropriate in this regard. 1 NIHR Law: http://www.nihr.org.bh/en/MediaHandler/GenericHandler/documents/download/002_NIHR_Law_amend.pdf - Royal Decree determining the controls for appointing members of NIHR: http://www.nihr.org.bh/en/MediaHandler/GenericHandler/documents/PDF/Royal%20Order%20No%20% 20(17)%20of%202017%20English.pdf Guide to receiving complaints and providing legal assistance: http://www.nihr.org.bh/EN/MediaHandler/GenericHandler/documents/PDF/NIHRComplaint%20Procedur esManualEN.pdf Parallel Report of the National Institution for Human Rights in the Kingdom of Bahrain submitted to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)@2021 1