against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and the recommendations of the NIHR that are contained in its annual reports in this regard. 9. The NIHR also submitted its Parallel Report to the Human Rights Committee (CCPR) on the Initial Report of the Kingdom of Bahrain regarding the progress made in the implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. 10. The NIHR submitted its Parallel Report to the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) regarding the National Periodic Report of the Kingdom of Bahrain combining the fourth, fifth, and sixth reports on the progress made in the implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In its report, the NIHR touched on its role in protecting and promoting the rights of children and the progress made in the Kingdom of Bahrain in implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. 11. The NIHR also submitted its Parallel Report on the Fourth Periodic Report of the Kingdom of Bahrain on the progress made in implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). 12. In addition, the NIHR participated in the meetings of the 27th session of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Kingdom of Bahrain in Geneva and submitted its Parallel Report to the Periodic Review mechanism. 13. In the same context, and interacting with the regional mechanisms in the field of promoting and protecting human rights, the NIHR submitted its Parallel Report to the Arab Human Rights Committee - the Charter regarding the Initial Periodic Report of the Kingdom of Bahrain on the progress achieved in the implementation of the provisions of the Arab Charter on Human Rights, which is ratified by Law No. (7) of 2006. The NIHR prepared its Parallel Report according to the methodology adopted by the Charter Committee regarding the various civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights set out in the Arab Charter, and presented a number of recommendations that it deems appropriate for the advancement of the status of human rights in the Kingdom of Bahrain. 28