11. Bahrain has ratified and acceded seven of the core international human rights
instruments out of nine, namely: the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
under Law No. (56) of 2006, and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights under Law No. (10) of 2007, the International Convention on the Elimination
of All Forms of Racial Discrimination by Decree No. (8) of 1990, and the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women by Decree-Law No. (5) of 2002.
12. The Kingdom also acceded to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment or Punishment under Decree-Law No. (4) of 1998, and under
Decree-Law No. (16) of 1991 it acceded to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of
the Child, and finally the Kingdom ratified The Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities under Law No. (22) of 2011. The Kingdom has not yet ratified or acceded to the
International Convention for the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and
Members of Their Families adopted by the United Nations on December 18, 1990, and the
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance,
Adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 20, 2006.
13. NIHR always renews its continuous calls for the importance of the State implementing
its relevant international and regional obligations, which is the explicit call that the NIHR
made to the government to join the rest of the international instruments and protocols
attached to them, in order to complement the international system in the field of human
rights.
Concluding recommendations
1. The importance of conducting a comprehensive review of the provisions of Law No. (1)
of 2008 regarding Combating Trafficking in Persons, taking into account the observations
that the NIHR referred to the government, to ensure its comprehensiveness and consistency
with relevant international and regional instruments, starting from the stage of prevention to
treatment, up to the imposition of punishment on the perpetrators.
2. NIHR hopes to increase the level of training for members of the judiciary (courts and
Public Prosecution), workers in law enforcement agencies, judicial police officers, and
workers in social centers and care homes on how to deal with children, and that this be
within the agenda emanating from the National Human Rights Plan (2022-2026).
3. The importance of the competent authorities conducting extensive national consultations
to study the accession of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the basic international human rights
instruments and the optional protocols, which it has not yet joined or ratified, as they are
aiming to protect human rights in general and child rights in particular.
4. Calling for the participation of CSIs working in the field of human rights, and child rights
in particular, to be more effective in preparing future national reports, through that the
competent authority in the report manages national consultations with all relevant partners
and stakeholders.
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