Second Annual Report of the National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) 2014 - Kingdom of Bahrain
15. NIHR invites the Government to expediently fulfill its international obligations made before the
Human Rights Council during its Universal Periodic Review process (UPR). The Government
indicated that the recommendations addressed to it concerning ratification of the International
Convention for the Protection of Persons from Enforced Disappearances are supported fully
by the Government90. Therefore, the ratification of the International Convention complements
the efforts made for accession to or ratification of the international human rights instruments
adopted by the United Nations. In addition, NIHR calls for the Government’s cooperation
with the special procedures generated by the Human Rights Council by considering and
allowing the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance to visit the Kingdom.
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See the Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (Bahrain) submitted to the Human Rights Council, which
includes views on the conclusions, recommendations, voluntary commitments and replies presented by the review State under Page
(5.6) - Document number: (A / HRC / 21/6 / Add. 1 / Rev.1).
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