Human Rights as a National Lifestyle INTRODUCTION It is in the belief of the National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) that the groundwork for excellence in human rights in the Kingdom of Bahrain has been set in most sectors in a way that meets the requirements of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other UN human rights benchmarks. While social, political, and economic challenges still persist, it is in NIHR’s belief that the time has come for Bahrain to lay foundations in contemporary areas of human rights and continue building in areas of protection and promotion of human rights in all aspects of individual and community life. The NIHR aims to integrate human rights into the national lifestyle, making it a Bahraini ideal that is a part of the sustainable development efforts to continue building the Kingdom of Bahrain as a modern, democratic, and thriving nation. In addition, the NIHR believes that the topics of thought leadership in human rights, protection of fundamental rights and freedoms, coordination with local, regional and international human rights mechanisms in addition to local and global non-governmental organizations concentrating on human rights protection, and education and promotion of human rights thought form a part of its core functions and thus has opted to adopt a more concentrated approach to its strategy over the coming 3 years. The NIHR aims to concentrate on key topics in addition to its core responsibilities in order to ensure that human rights values are shared, taught, promoted, and implemented across all sectors.