1.9 In its statement, NIHR noted that it - pursuant to the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, to which the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain acceded under Decree No. (8) of 1990 - affirms the necessity of prohibiting and ending any racial discrimination on the basis of race, colour, descent, national or ethnic origin, including discrimination, exclusion, restriction, or preference based on citizen or non-citizen status. 1.10 Although paragraph (2) of Article (1) of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination can be taken to mean that any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference between citizens or noncitizens is outside the scope of its application, the (CERD) Committee, entrusted with interpreting the provisions of this Convention, has expressly recognized that the discrimination, exclusion or preference permitted by the provision aims at differentiating between citizens and non-citizens, for example: The state issues identity cards to citizens in a specific color or shape, while other non-citizens are issued identity cards of different color or shape. The purpose of this procedure is to differentiate between the two groups, rather than discrimination, exclusion, or preference of either group. 1.11 Based on the foregoing, NIHR considered that the proposal for a law to amend some provisions of Traffic Law No. (23) of 2014, which proposed imposing fees on every foreigner-owned vehicle in return for using public roads, equivalent to double the fee set for the issuance of its registration certificate, despite that this fee http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=A%2f51%2f18(SUPP)&Lang=en “Additional Information” Parallel Report of the National Institution for Human Rights in the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) © 2022 20