Second Annual Report of the National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) 2014 - Kingdom of Bahrain 26. On the other hand, NIHR observed cases of exploitation of children during the electoral process. Children were hired for electoral publicity for some candidates in the streets and public roads. Therefore, NIHR emphasizes that pushing children in these places jeopardizes their lives and security and is incommensurate with their age group. The best interests of children should be observed. 27. As regards the lists of voters, NIHR observed that the lists of voters lack large numbers who have the right to vote for parliamentary or municipal elections due to the cancellation of the Middle Area Municipality causing confusion for some constituencies resulted in the inability of some citizens to exercise their electoral right. Accordingly, NIHR see that, in spite of the pre-announcement of the Higher Committee for voting the need to ensure the inclusion of the names of the voters in the electoral tables prescribed and given 45 days from the date fixed for the elections according to the law of the exercise of political rights, it was necessary to avoid the confusion resulted in the integration of the Municipalities. NIHR would like to see this issue is taken into account when preparing the lists of voters for the next round of general elections in 2018. 28. To enhance the confidence of voters in the outcomes of the electoral process and the role assigned to the Supreme Committee to oversee the integrity of election and referendum, NIHR hopes that the Supreme Committee will publish a detailed report after the end of the electoral process to indicate the course of this process, including voter registration and their entry in the electoral lists; nomination for membership of the House of Representatives or municipal councils; election campaigns; casting and counting of votes; announcement of results; and consideration of the electoral appeals. In addition, civil society organizations should take part in the membership of the Supreme Committee to oversee the integrity of election and referendum. SECTION III: PROTECTION FROM ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE 1. The crime of enforced disappearance directly affects civil, political economic, social and cultural rights. The essence of this crime is to deprive an individual of his liberty by arrest, detention or abduction without procedural or other substantive guarantees or judicial control that prevents the public authorities or its officers from committing this crime. 2. While the Constitution of the Kingdom of Bahrain does not refer explicitly to the crime of enforced disappearance, it includes a provision that enumerate the acts that may be described as enforced disappearance in certain circumstances. Article 19 of the Constitution provides that: “a. Personal freedom is guaranteed under the law. b. A person cannot be arrested, detained, imprisoned or searched, or his place of residence specified or his freedom of residence or movement restricted, except under the provisions of the law and under judicial supervision. c. A person cannot be detained or imprisoned in locations other than those designated in the prison regulations covered by health and social care and subject to control by the judicial authority”. 3. At the level of national legislation, Law Decree No. 46 of 2002 promulgating the Criminal Procedure Law, as amended, include provisions that prohibit acts that may be described in certain circumstances as enforced disappearances. Article 61 of this Law provides as follows: “No person may be arrested except by order of the legally competent authorities. The arrested person shall also be treated in a manner that preserves his human dignity, and may 77