2.5 As occupational safety is one of the components of the right to work, the provisions in the private sector labor law in force, and the decisions implementing it, dealt with everything that would achieve occupational safety, such as Decision No. (3) of 2013 regarding the noon work ban , and Decision No. (6) of 2013 regarding the protection of workers from the dangers of fires in establishments and work sites, Decision No. (8) of 2013 regarding the regulation of occupational safety within the facility, Decision No. (12) of 2013 on reporting occupational injuries and diseases, and Decision No. (31) of 2013 to Prevention of electrical hazards. 2.6 The NIHR reviewed the statistics of the Ministry of Labor and Social Development for the year 20202, which indicates that the Ministry conducted up to (2227) inspection visits in the context of verifying the establishments’ commitment to private sector labor law, including ensuring workers’ rights and appropriate working conditions. These establishments employ (102466) workers, the number of inspected national workers reached (23913) workers, while the number of expatriate workers who were inspected reached (78,553) workers ., and (97) violations and warnings were issued. 2.7 In the context of protecting the worker from work hazards and implementing Ministerial Decision No. (3) of 2013 regarding the prohibition of working under direct sunlight in July and August, the relevant inspection team conducted (13658) visits to various work sites, where the percentage of establishments’ commitment to implement the decision in 2021 reached (99.7%), and the number of violating establishments decreased to (30) only, while the number of violating workers was (42). 2.8 In the same context, and for the third year in a row, the NIHR launched an initiative to report violations related to workers whose nature of work requires being under the sun and in open places between twelve noon and four in the afternoon during the months of July and August, in implementation of the Decision of the Ministry of Labor and Social Development No. ( 3) of 2013 regarding the ban on working at noon in open places during the prescribed ban hours, where the NIHR monitored, during the years (2019-2021), a number of (5) cases related to allegations of labor working during prohibited working hours under the sun, and in some cases of the extent of the legality of foreign workers residency, and cases relating to the rights of domestic workers, which were studied, and communicated and discussed by the NIHR with the competent authorities to be dealt with. 2.9 In the context of achieving social security provided by the state in the event of unemployment, which was approved by the constitution in Article No. (5), paragraph (c), which stipulates that “the state guarantees the requisite social security for 2 For more information on the Ministry of Labor and Social Development for the year 2020, check its website http://www.mlsd.gov.bh 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 5