National Institution for Human Rights – Kingdom of Bahrain the necessary protection for tenants, ensure reasonable increase of the rent value, and guarantee legal protection against forced eviction, harassment and other threats. 2. Urging the legislative authority to expedite the adoption of the draft law on the environment in order to be an integrated legislation that would regulate various environmental aspects, and incorporate deterrent penalties for violation cases. 3. Urging the Government to develop an integrated national strategy for sustainable water, which includes a number of fundamental objectives, such as integrated water institutional framework; coordination among key resources; ensuring the application of key performance indicators; provision of water for future generations; protecting the current groundwater sources; developing the role of civil society organizations and the role of individuals to participate in this strategy; and promoting effective cooperation between GCC countries for the purpose of protecting these water resources by inducting and creating a unified Gulf network for water connection. 4. Urging the Government to set a timetable to address all applications for housing services, with particular attention to the old applications, by making the best use of the available financial resources. 5. Urging the Government to pay greater attention to evaluating the designs of roads, streets and bridges in order to comply with international safety and security conditions, so as to ensure the safety of commuters against the dangers resulting from their use. 6. Considering and allowing the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living and the right to nondiscrimination in this context; the independent expert on human rights obligations related to safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment; the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty; and the Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation services of the Human Rights Council to visit the Kingdom. SECOND: RIGHT TO WORK 1. The right to work is one of the most important human rights principles. It needs basic components to enable individuals to exercise it. A person cannot have an adequate standard of living without the basic elements, most notably the right to work. This right is necessary for maintaining human dignity and society welfare, according to economic principles and rules of social justice between the parties to the work relationship. 2. The Constitution of the Kingdom of Bahrain has ensured the right to work under Article 13 which stipulates that: “a. Work is the duty of every citizen, is required by personal dignity and is dictated by the public good. Every citizen has the right to work and to choose the type of work within the bounds of public order and decency. b. The State ensures the provision of job opportunities for its citizens and the fairness of work conditions. c. There is no forced labour except in the cases specified by law for national exigency and for a fair consideration, or implementing court judgment. d. The law regulates the relationship between employees and employers on economics basis while observing social justice”. 3. In terms of national legislation, the Labor Law for the Private Sector No. 36 of 2012 regulates the relationship between workers and employers, and states the rights and obligations of each party towards the other, so as to ensure the worker’s rights and privileges and taking the appropriate legal measures. 80