11. Bahrain has ratified and acceded seven of the core international human rights instruments out of nine, namely: the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights under Law No. (56) of 2006, and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights under Law No. (10) of 2007, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination by Decree No. (8) of 1990, and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women by Decree-Law No. (5) of 2002. 12. The Kingdom also acceded to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment under Decree-Law No. (4) of 1998, and under Decree-Law No. (16) of 1991 it acceded to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, and finally the Kingdom ratified The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities under Law No. (22) of 2011. The Kingdom has not yet ratified or acceded to the International Convention for the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families adopted by the United Nations on December 18, 1990, and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, Adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 20, 2006. 13. NIHR always renews its continuous calls for the importance of the State implementing its relevant international and regional obligations, which is the explicit call that the NIHR made to the government to join the rest of the international instruments and protocols attached to them, in order to complement the international system in the field of human rights. Concluding recommendations 1. The importance of conducting a comprehensive review of the provisions of Law No. (1) of 2008 regarding Combating Trafficking in Persons, taking into account the observations that the NIHR referred to the government, to ensure its comprehensiveness and consistency with relevant international and regional instruments, starting from the stage of prevention to treatment, up to the imposition of punishment on the perpetrators. 2. NIHR hopes to increase the level of training for members of the judiciary (courts and Public Prosecution), workers in law enforcement agencies, judicial police officers, and workers in social centers and care homes on how to deal with children, and that this be within the agenda emanating from the National Human Rights Plan (2022-2026). 3. The importance of the competent authorities conducting extensive national consultations to study the accession of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the basic international human rights instruments and the optional protocols, which it has not yet joined or ratified, as they are aiming to protect human rights in general and child rights in particular. 4. Calling for the participation of CSIs working in the field of human rights, and child rights in particular, to be more effective in preparing future national reports, through that the competent authority in the report manages national consultations with all relevant partners and stakeholders. 7

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