accused, witness, or experts are the only categories that may be victims of this crime is removed. - There is no time limitation for prosecutions of perpetrators of acts of torture, as this amendment exempted these crimes from the statutory limitation period for crimes of torture. The previous law provided that the crime of torture was subject to a statute of limitations of ten years after it was committed. - The offenses against the right to physical and moral integrity are considered as felonies rather than misdemeanors. In addition, stricter penalties are imposed in line with the provisions of Article (4), Paragraph (2) of the Convention against Torture. Amendments to the Penal Code ensure that adequate penalties are imposed for the committed crime, which can sometimes reach life imprisonment. 3.4 Law No. (18) of 2014 issuing the Reform and Rehabilitation Institutions Law was issued in response to the recommendation of the NIHR in its First Annual Report of 2013. It recommended expediting the enactment of an integrated legislation for reform, rehabilitation, and custody centres in accordance with the international standards on the treatment of prisoners and detainees. 3.5 In July 2014, Law No. (25) of 2014 was issued amending article (363) of the Penal Code promulgated by Decree-Law No. (15) of 1976, replacing the last paragraph of Article (363) with criminalizing any act which includes threatening any person with committing a crime in whatever manner. An aggravating circumstance has been added to this offense Parallel Report by the National Institution for Human Rights of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Human Rights Committee © 2018 24