Second: A proposal on the amendment of the provisions of the two articles Numbers (60) and (69) of Law Number (37) for the year 2012 by enacting the Child Law, such as relates to criminalizing the exploitation of children in the election process 1- The NIHR submitted a proposal on the amendment of the provisions of the articles (60) and (69) of Law Number (37) for the year 2012 by enacting the Child Law, such as relates to the criminalization of the exploitation of children in the election process, where the NIHR explained in its consultative opinion that whilst child rights require special protection, that differ from the other rights in their content and nature, given that their fulfillment requires the provision of a sound and healthy psychological and social environment, and this calls for continuing to improve the circumstance of children without discrimination, in addition to raising and rearing them in a peaceful and secure environment. 2- The NIHR has expressed extreme concern as relates to what children in the Kingdom of Bahrain are exposed to in exploitation in the field of election propaganda during the elections period, which may expose them to the risk of injury or death or detention, whilst emphasizing the impermissibility of exposing the life of children to danger or placing them within the matrix of political competition whilst being in the stage of forming their political consciousness, and it emphasizes the responsibility of those involved in this, given that protecting children from political exploitation is considered among the fundamental elements related to assuring their right to survival, growth and development, in order to be able to contribute to building society and to achieve its progress. ‫اﻟﺘﻘﺮﻳﺮ اﻟﺴﻨﻮي اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ‬ ‫ﻟﻠﻤﺆﺳﺴﺔ اﻟﻮﻃﻨﻴﺔ ﻟﺤﻘﻮق اﻧﺴﻨﺎم‬ 3- By reading the texts of Article Number (37) for 2012 concerning the Child Law, Article Number (60) ‫ ـ ﻣﻤﻠﻜﺔ اﻟﺒﺤﺮﻳﻦ‬2015 ‫ﻟﻌﺎم‬ relating to the criminalization of political exploitation of children stipulated that it is “prohibited to exploit children in demonstrations, meetings and marches that are of a political aim.” Moreover, Article Number (69) thereof related to imposing punishment on all who perform the action of exploitation states: “Without prejudice to any stricter punishment stipulated in any other law, any who violate the provisions of Article (60) of this law shall be punished by imprisonment for a period not less than one year and a fine not in excess of one thousand Dinars or by one of these two penalties.” 4- Notwithstanding the progress achieved in the legislative structure in the Kingdom as relates to criminalizing the exploitation of children in meetings and processions that are of a political aim as stipulated by Article (69) of the Law Number (37) for the year 2012 concerning the Child Law referred to above, this Law did not provide sufficient protection for children from the other forms of political exploitation also represented in exploiting them by political groups in acts of violence, destruction and terrorism whether for a material return or not, and exploiting the children in election campaigns, whose spreading in Bahraini society was recently observed. 5- Hence, based on the commitment of the Kingdom to the necessity of caring for the young, and protecting them from exploitation, and also protecting them from moral, physical and spiritual neglect, the NIHR believes that it is imperative to amend the provisions of Articles (60) and (69) of Law Number (37) for the year 2012 concerning the Child Law, in order to fill the existing legislative void as relates to the other forms of the political exploitation of children. 50