Final Recommendations In light of the above, the National Institution for Human Rights recommends the following: 1. Calling upon the government to submit its future periodic reports on the progress made in implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on the due dates, pursuant to Article (9) of the Convention. 2. Calling for the rapid development of a comprehensive national strategy on human rights that takes into account the principles aimed at equality and the elimination of all forms of discrimination, especially those set out in the Durban Declaration and Program of Action, taking into account the relevant international rules and principles. (The NIHR commends the government's response in issuing the National Human Rights Plan for the years (2022-2026) to be in its entirety a comprehensive plan for human rights in accordance with the relevant United Nations methodology23). 3. Making the necessary amendments to Article No. (75) of Decree-Law No. (15) of 1976 promulgating the Penal Code, considering that a crime committed based on racist and hate-based motives is one of the reasons for aggravating the penalty. 4. Making the necessary amendments to the provisions of Law No. (36) of 2012 promulgating the Labor Law in the Private Sector for the purpose of equalizing women employed in the (private) sector with their female counterparts in the civil service (public sector) with regard to granting breastfeeding leave. (23) For further reading: The official website of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at the following link: www.mofa.gov.bh “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 27