5. Commensurate with the constitutional procedures in this regard, His Majesty the King issued on 24 July 2014 Law No. (26) of 2014 for the Establishment of the National Institution for Human Rights after its approval by the legislature, to enter into force after its publication in the Official Gazette on 7 August 2014. Second: Statement of compliance with the Paris Principles relating to the status of national human rights institutions 6. For the NIHR to become a member of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI), it must first obtain an accreditation rating, by which it can actively participate in the sessions of the Human Rights Council, meetings of the Treaty Bodies, Special Procedures, subcommittees, groups and task forces, and has the right to speak as an official Institution of the Kingdom concerned with the promotion and protection of human rights. 7.  Accordingly, on 16 July 2015, the NIHR submitted an application for accreditation to the Subcommittee on Accreditation (SCA) of the Global Alliance (GANHRI), which has the mandate to receive accreditation applications from national institutions. The application of the NIHR was accepted on 25 November 2015 and the date for examining it was set on 9 May 2016 during the formal meeting of the SCA, which requested from the NIHR to submit the report entitled “Statement of compliance with the Paris Principles relating to the National Human Rights Institutions”, to include specific information on its establishment, independence, structure, organizational infrastructure, methodologies, competences, general responsibilities, and its relationship with human rights bodies and organizations. 8. The NIHR submitted the Statement of Compliance with the Paris Principles to the Sub-Committee (SCA) four months prior to the date set for considering its application based on the requirements for submitting the accreditation application. The Sub-Committee, on its part, issued a brief report on the Statement of Compliance in which it identified a number of issues to focus on and incorporate in the applicable law to comply with the accreditation requirements. On the day scheduled for considering the accreditation application in May 2016, the SCA communicated with the NIHR’s Council of Commissioners by phone to clarify a number of points. 9. In the light of the information provided by the NIHR, and the discussions that took place between the Council of Commissioners and the Sub-Committee, the SCA issued its final report, which was officially issued on 2 August 2016, containing its recommendations according to which the NIHR was awarded ‘B’ status accreditation. 10. Though the NIHR is convinced that its current law, compared to other laws for establishing other institutions, is very advanced, it is nevertheless committed to develop it to be a model law constituting a prominent addition that asserts the status of human rights in the Kingdom of Bahrain 15