CHAPTER TWO - Progress Achieved in Human Rights Situation in the Kingdom of Bahrain Preface: 1. The NIHR asserts that the recommendations contained in its annual reports and its various activities constitute a positive factor towards greater respect, promotion and protection of human rights in the national system. Keen to moving forward these recommendations, the NIHR disseminates them widely in the various media. In addition, it makes sure to obtain the views of the ministries and official bodies on such recommendations and determines the extent to which they could be realistically implemented or the progress made in their implementation. 2. Accordingly, this Chapter of the report includes three main topics. The first and second topics address the views and opinions of the ministries and the government apparatus regarding the recommendations of the NIHR contained in its Ninth Annual Report of 2021 as well as the recommendations of the forums organized by the NIHR with diverse civil society institutions. The third topic is devoted to follow up on the actions taken regarding the recommendations of the round table on the compatibility of urban planning with the right to a healthy and sustainable environment in the Kingdom of Bahrain and the recommendations of the seminar on women's rights and equal pay, in addition to the responses of the competent ministries and agencies to those recommendations. 24