Second: Bill to replace Article (60) of the Child Law promulgated by Decree-Law No. (37)
of 2012 (prepared based on the proposed law “as amended” submitted by the Council of
Representatives)
4. The NIHR expressed its advisory opinion on a bill to replace Article (60) of the Child Law
promulgated by Decree-Law No. (37) of 2012 (prepared based on the proposed law “as
amended” submitted by the Council of Representatives), which consists of two articles, in
addition to the preamble. The first article of the proposed Law replaces Article (60) of the Child
Law promulgated by Law No. (37) of 2012, with the aim of protecting children from political
exploitation by prohibiting their participation or employment in election campaigns and all the
procedures and stages of the elections of the Parliament and municipal councils. The second
article is an executive article.
5. The second paragraph of Article No. (60) of the proposed law stipulates that: “It is prohibited
to exploit children in political gatherings, marches, and demonstrations. It is also
prohibited to engage them or employ them, in all forms and shapes, in electoral
campaigns or in the other procedures and stages of the elections of the Parliament and
municipal councils, except with the consent of the child’s guardian or a substitute of the
guardian”.
6. The NIHR concluded that it agrees in principle with the goals and objectives of the proposed
law to replace Article (60) of the Child Law promulgated by Law No. (37) of 2012, and
emphasized the need to provide for a clear and explicit text prohibiting the exploitation of
children in the course of the electoral process and during its stages, without legitimizing the act of
exploitation merely because the child’s guardian or his representative has consented to that. The
NIHR emphasized the importance of including the appropriate and gradual criminal penalties,
commensurate with the act committed, to Article (69) of the Child Law, which is consistent with
the relevant international decisions.
Third: Bill adding a new paragraph to Article (2) of Law No. (58) of 2006 on the Protection
of Society against Acts of Terrorism, and the inclusion of a new Article No. (16-bis), as
concluded by the decision of the Council of Representatives
7. The NIHR expressed its advisory opinion on a proposed law adding a new paragraph to Article
(2) of Law No. (58) of 2006 on the Protection of Society against Acts of Terrorism, which consists
of two articles, in addition to the preamble. The first article thereof provides the addition of a
new paragraph, No. (11), to Article (2) of the Law on the Protection of Society against Acts of
Terrorism, which aims to curb the phenomenon of harboring fugitives in terrorist crimes, whether
they are accused or convicted, in order to prevent them from committing other terrorist crimes or
get away with their crimes; thus, contributes to maintaining stability of security in the Kingdom.
The second article is an executive article.
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