6- The NIHR emphasized that this conduct will be consistent with the international conventions to which Bahrain acceded or which it ratified, particularly the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) adopted by the General Assembly in November 1989- to which the Kingdom acceded in 1991 such insofar as the articles (19) Paragraph (1), (32), (36), in addition to the provisions of the International Labor Organization Convention Number (128) for the year 1999 concerning prohibition of the worst forms of child labor and the immediate measures to eliminate them- to which the Kingdom acceded in 2001- particularly Article (3) Paragraph (d), which stipulates that “the expression (worst forms of child labor) includes in the conception of this convention the following: d- labor activities which would probably lead, by virtue of their nature or the conditions in which they are practiced, to cause harm to the health of children or their safety or their moral conduct.” 7- Moreover, this approach is also consistent with the national legislation in effect, most importantly what was stipulated in the Constitution of the Kingdom of Bahrain in Article Five Paragraph (a): “The family is the basis of society, deriving its strength from religion, morality and love of the homeland. The law preserves its lawful entity, strengthens its bonds and values, under its aegis extends protection to mothers and children, tends the young and protects them from exploitation and safeguards them against moral, bodily and spiritual neglect.” ‫اﻟﺘﻘﺮﻳﺮ اﻟﺴﻨﻮي اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ‬ ‫ﻟﻠﻤﺆﺳﺴﺔ اﻟﻮﻃﻨﻴﺔ ﻟﺤﻘﻮق اﻧﺴﻨﺎم‬ ‫ ـ ﻣﻤﻠﻜﺔ اﻟﺒﺤﺮﻳﻦ‬2015 ‫ﻟﻌﺎم‬ 8- In addition to what is stated in the provisions of Law Number (37) for 2012 concerning the Child Law in Article (1) thereof which states that the “State guarantees the protection of childhood and motherhood, and cares for children, and strives to provide the suitable conditions for their proper upbringing in all aspects,” Article Number (3) thereof which affirms for the “protection of the child and his best interest to be a priority in all the decisions or measures related to childhood irrespective of the quarters which implement them,” and what was stipulated in Article Number (7): “Due regard in employing children is not to do harm to their safety or health or the essence of their rights stipulated under this law, and also the provisions of the labor laws in the Kingdom shall be respected.” 9- Moreover, the provisions of Law Number (17) for the year 1976 should not be overlooked, related to juveniles, amended by Law Number (23) for the year 2013 and specifically Article Number (2) Clause (8), and Article (4) Clause (c) and articles (19), (20), (22) of the same law. 10- Based on the foregoing the NIHR deems it necessary to amend the text of Article Number (60) of Law Number (37) for the year 2012 concerning the aforementioned Child Law, and include in it a comprehensive definition of the various facets of the political exploitation of children, including for example, their exploitation by political groups in acts of violence, destruction and terrorism whether for a material return or not, and to utilize and exploit children in marches, meetings and demonstrations, and to use and exploit children in election propaganda campaigns, so as to complete the legal protection of children from all forms of political exploitation, in addition to amending the text of Article Number (69) of the same law related to the imposition of punitive action that deprives of freedom or involves financial penalties on those that carry out the act of exploitation, such by embedding in the Article gradual penalties based on the form of exploitation that befalls a child. 51