CHAPTER III: KEY ISSUES WITH DIRECT IMPACT ON HUMAN RIGHTS PREFACE: The status of human rights is like any other status that is affected by the conditions and changes that occur in the community, including positive changes that promote the human rights situation in the country, or negative changes that render these rights vulnerable to abuse. These conditions and changes result from security, political or economic incidents that affect the community, or arise from violations and abuses that are detrimental to the community resources and capabilities. Accordingly, this Chapter deals with issues of particular importance which NIHR believes to have formed a turning point in the human rights course in the Kingdom of Bahrain, and which have a negative impact on the efforts to promote and protect human rights. The first issue is related to combating trafficking in persons. This crime targets a certain category of persons who have been forced due to certain circumstances to be in a weak legal status. This phenomenon is growing in various forms. The second issue is related to the right to nomination and election. The third parliamentary and municipality elections were held in 2014, after reinstating the parliamentary life in the Kingdom. The third issue is related to protection against enforced disappearance, which is a crime that deprives the individual of his liberty by arrest, detention or abduction without any procedural or substantive guarantees or judicial control that prevents the public authority or its officers from committing these acts. The enforcement of this right is necessary to meet the international human rights obligations of the Kingdom. 65