Chapter I: Follow up of the recommendations of the National Institution for Human Rights 2013 and 2014 Reports Preface The NIHR issued a number of recommendations on improving the situation of human rights in the Kingdom, and submitted them to the three branches of government (legislative, executive, and judicial). This chapter includes the responses received by the NIHR regarding the recommendations that have been implemented, and the findings of the NIHR, as follows: (1) The right to life and the right to physical and moral integrity • In relation to urging the government to submit periodic reports to the Committee against Torture established under the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment on the specified deadlines. The Kingdom of Bahrain submitted its report to the Committee against Torture on November 15, 2015 according to document No. CAT/C/ BHR/2. ‫اﻟﺘﻘﺮﻳﺮ اﻟﺴﻨﻮي اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ‬ ‫ﻟﻠﻤﺆﺳﺴﺔ اﻟﻮﻃﻨﻴﺔ ﻟﺤﻘﻮق اﻧﺴﻨﺎم‬ ‫ ـ ﻣﻤﻠﻜﺔ اﻟﺒﺤﺮﻳﻦ‬2015 ‫ﻟﻌﺎم‬ • The recommendation on developing clear and transparent criteria and a schedule for the prompt disbursement of compensations to those who are proven to have sustained injury, whether these compensation are assessed by the National Fund for Compensating Affected People or the Civil Settlement Office of the Ministry of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments, as the case may be. In its report to the Committee against Torture1, the government indicated that by the end of 2013, an amount of US$ 159,000 was paid for civil compensation to the family of each victim. The Compensation Fund received four hundred and twenty one (421) applications from affected individuals and there are one hundred ninety-three (193) cases undergoing medical examination to determine the degree of disability. During 2012-2013, all death cases, a total of thirty five (35), released by the fact-finding Commission, were compensated; four cases were not addressed in the report. The total amount of the compensation reached two million, two hundred twenty thousand dinars, the equivalent of six million dollars. In 2014, the Civil Settlement Office of the Ministry of Justice compensated six (6) new deaths, which are not included in the fact-finding Commission report, the amount of three hundred sixty thousand dinars; forty-seven (47) cases linked to the events, were compensated by the amount of three hundred fifteen thousand, five hundred dinars. Thus, the total compensations paid in 2014 amounted to six hundred seventy-five thousand, five hundred dinars, the equivalent of two million, eight hundred thousand US dollars. • The recommendation to subject law enforcement officers to comprehensive extended training programs using curricula that include teaching all components of human rights. The training should include effective interrogation techniques and the proper approach to obtain information without resorting to coercive means consisting of acts of torture or other forms of ill-treatment; and dismiss any law enforcement officer implicated in ill-treatment of detainees or convicts. The NIHR has strengthened its cooperation with the Royal Police Academy by carrying out a number of training programs for the various police leaders and ranks. 1 Report of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Commission against Torture, paragraphs 130 to 141, Document No. CAT/C/BHR/2. 9