Second Annual Report of the National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) 2014 - Kingdom of Bahrain RIGHTS OF THE CHILD22: • Urging the legislative authority to expedite the adoption of a draft law on the protection of family from violence to be an additional legislative cover for legal protection of children from exposure to violence and abuse. • Urging the legislative authority to make amendments to Decree-Law No. 17 of 1976 on Juveniles in order to rise the juvenile age to eighteen years in line with the international human rights instruments. RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES23: • Urging the legislative authority to pass a law on the rights of persons with disabilities in accordance with the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. SECOND: RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO THE EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY (GOVERNMENT): RIGHT TO LIFE AND THE RIGHTS TO PHYSICAL AND MORAL INTEGRITY • Urging the Government to continuously support the periodic resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly related to abolishing death penalty. • The Government’s commitment to provide 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 need to transfer the administrative, regulatory and supervisory authority over reform, rehabilitation, and custody centers to the Ministry of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments. • The need for the Government to develop clear and transparent criteria and schedule for prompt disbursement of compensation to those who are proven to have sustained injury, whether the compensation is 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. • The need to offer comprehensive extended training programs for law enforcement officers using curriculum that includes 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 dismissing any law enforcement officer whose ill-treatment of detainees or convicts is proved. • Considering setting a date for the visit by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of the Human Rights Council, in fulfillment of the obligations of the Kingdom of Bahrain during the Universal Periodic Review, after completing the implementation of the recommendations stated in the report of the competent Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry. • Urging the Government to accede to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman Treatment or Punishment. 22 For further information on Rights of the Child, refer to NIHR first annual report for 2013, p. 115. 23 For further information on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, refer to NIHR first annual report for 2013, p. 119. 18