Ministry of the Interior, which reported that there are judicial orders issued by the civil courts against them pertaining to financial claims that prevented the Ministry from implementing the deportation of the complainants. The Ministry also stated that it had contacted the Supreme Judicial Council to consider the possibility of implementing the deportation order. 6.6 The NIHR, in its follow-up efforts in this regard, addressed the Supreme Council of the Judiciary to consider these judicial orders. It found out that considering whether the possibility of implementing the deportation order or not falls within the jurisdiction of the penalty enforcement judge. However, the NIHR considers that the continuation of the situation as is conflicts with Article No. (11) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which states that: “No one shall be imprisoned merely on the ground of inability to fulfill a contractual obligation”, since the decision to ban travel is the result of failure to meet this financial obligation. 6.7 The NIHR notes the Ministry of Interior has efforts to resolve this issue, and affirms the need for the Supreme Judicial Council to deal with this matter, in a way that does not conflict with the rights of residents and the interests of national stakeholders, in accordance with the relevant international treaties, conventions and instruments. Parallel Report by the National Institution for Human Rights of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Human Rights Committee © 2018 41