Institution Competencies Article 12 In pursuing its goals the Institution is free to comment on any question related to human rights, and to take any human rights issues, as it sees fit. It has the following competencies: (a) To participate in the production and implementation of a national plan for the promotion and protection of Human Rights in the Kingdom. (b) To Study legislation and regulations enforced in the Kingdom which come under the human rights areas together with recommending amendments it deems fit in this respect particularly those consistent with such legislations and the Kingdom's international obligations in the human rights field. The Institution shall be empowered to recommend issuing new legislation related to human rights. (c) To study the conformity of legislation and organization of regional and international treaties related to human right, submit proposals and recommendations to concerned authorities in any matter that reinforces and protect human rights, support and develop to a better level including recommendations to join regional and international conventions and treaties concerned with human rights. (d) To submit parallel reports, and participate in the drafting and discussion of the reports which the Kingdom is obliged to periodically submit for the implementation of regional and international conventions concerning human rights together with notifying about such reports in the proper media means. (e) To monitor violation of human rights, conduct the necessary investigation, draw the attention of the competent authorities and 9 * Published in the Official Gazette, Supp. Issue no. 3168, Vol. 67, 7 August 2014. The Amendments issued by Law-Decree no (20) of 2016, 8th Muharam 1438H-9th October 2016. Published in the Official Gazette, Issue no. 3283, 13 October 2016.