6. 6.1 Freedom of Movement: Article (12) The Constitution of the Kingdom of Bahrain stipulated in Article (17), Paragraph (b) that “It is prohibited to banish a citizen from Bahrain or prevent him from returning to it”, followed by Article (19) Paragraph (b) stating that “A person cannot be arrested, detained, imprisoned or searched, or his place of residence specified or his freedom of residence or movement restricted, except under the provisions of the law and under judicial supervision.” 6.2 The Civil and Commercial Procedures Law promulgated by DecreeLaw No. (12) of 1971 and its amendments states in Article (178) that " The plaintiff may seek an order from the court forbidding the defendant to travel, if the following two conditions are met: 1- if serious grounds for supposing that the defendant's absconding from the litigation is likely; 2- if the request is based on a verified debt, due and confirmed in writing, or the claim is likely to be right from the appearance of the documents. The plaintiff or the person who has issued a travel ban must inform the person who is banned from travel of the order if it is issued in his/her absence, within eight days from the date of issuance in writing by registered mail. 6.3 Article (179), Paragraph (b) as amended, of the same Law states that: “A ban on travel shall cease in any of the following cases: 1-If the applicant or the person issuing the order does not inform the person against whom the travel ban order is issued pursuant to the provisions of the second paragraph of Article (178) of this Law. 2- If any of the two conditions necessary for the order to ban travel fails. 3- If the Parallel Report by the National Institution for Human Rights of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Human Rights Committee © 2018 39