2.7. The NIHR received a number of requests for assistance to follow-up on issuing travel documents for newborns for reasons related to the father being detained or sentenced. The NIHR notes that to issue such a necessary document requires direct administrative procedures. 2.8. The NIHR values the promulgation of Law No. (17) of 2015 concerning Protection Against Domestic Violence, as it constitutes an important legal framework for the protection of the rights of the child and the family. The law regards any act of abuse and victimization occurring in the family by one of its members against another as domestic violence, whether physical, psychological, sexual, or economic. 2.9. The NIHR appreciates the issuing of the Royal Directions forming a Sharia Committee to review the draft Family Law. The ten members of the Committee included scholars from the Sunni and Ja’afari jurisprudences. The Committee is responsible for studying the draft Family Law and reviewing its provisions to ensure their compliance with the provisions of the Islamic Sharia. The Committee submits to the Royal Court a report including the results of its work and recommendations on the draft Family Law. The work of the Committee shall end once the Family Law is promulgated in accordance with the observed constitutional procedures. 2.10. The NIHR ensures the importance of Law No. (19) of 2017 on issuing the Family Law, as it fills the existing legal loopholes of Law No. (19) of 2009 issuing Family Provisions Law (Section One,) which applies only to Sunni individuals and does not extend to individuals subject to the Ja’afari jurisprudence. Thus, the legal status among individuals Parallel Report by the National Institution for Human Rights of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Human Rights Committee © 2018 21