CHAPTER THREE - Key Issues with a Direct Impact on the Human Rights Situation in the Kingdom of Bahrain Preface: 1. The human rights situation is, as other situations, influenced by the circumstances and changes in the society, whether they are positive changes that advance the human rights situation in the country, or negative changes that make those rights vulnerable to violation. Such circumstances and changes may be the consequence of security, political or economic factors that befell the society in its entity, or a result of violations and abuses that affected its capabilities and achievements. 2. This chapter will address a number of issues that have a direct impact on the situation of human rights, which were selected because the rights associated therewith comprised a high percentage in terms of the number of complaints received by the NIHR, whether from persons whose freedom is restricted, or from ordinary cases, the legal assistance provided by the NIHR, or the cases monitored by the NIHR during this year. 3. Three rights were selected and divided into three topics, namely, the right of ordinary people and persons whose freedom is restricted to enjoy the highest attainable standard of health (the right to health), the right to communicate with the outside world, along with the right to an adequate standard of living (the right to adequate housing and the right to food). 4. The national and international grounds pertaining to each of the three human rights will be highlighted in the first section of each topic, then a selected number of complaints received by the NIHR, the legal assistance it has provided, and a number of cases that have been monitored and the measures taken by the NIHR thereon will be briefly introduced in the second section. 5. Noting that the complaints received by the NIHR, the assistance provided, or the violations monitored through the daily monitoring system with regard to the rest of the human rights can be found in Chapter Four of this Report. 53