working conditions; (c) Equal opportunity for everyone to be promoted in his employment to an
appropriate higher level, subject to no considerations other than those of seniority and competence;
(d ) Rest, leisure and reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay, as well
as remuneration for public holidays.
5. The accession of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the International Labour Organization under Decree
No. (9) of 1977 prompted it later to join a group of related agreements about the right to work
totaling ten conventions, where the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain acceded under Decree
No. (5) for the year 1981 to each of the ILO Conventions No. (14) for the year 1921 on the application
of the weekly rest in industrial plants, and No. (29) of 1930 concerning forced or compulsory labor,
and No. 81 of 1947 on inspection of work in the industry and trade, and number (89 ) for the year
1948 concerning the employment of women in the industry by night, followed by ratification or
accession to a series of agreements, such as the Convention No. 105 of 1957 concerning the abolition
of forced labor under Decree No. (7) of 1998, followed by the accession to the Convention No. (159)
1983 on Vocational rehabilitation and employment (disabled Persons) by Decree-law No. (17) of
1999, The government also ratified the Convention No. 11 of 1985 on discrimination in employment
and occupation under Decree No. (11) of 2000, and by Decree-Law No. (12) for the year 2001 it joined
the Convention No. 182 of 1999 on the prohibition of the worst forms of child labor and immediate
action to eliminate them, and Convention No. 155 of 1981 on occupational safety and health and
the working environment in accordance with law No. (25) for the year 2009, where this was the
last of those agreements entered into by the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain Convention
No. 138 of 1973 on the minimum age for employment, under Law No. (1) for the year 2012, as the
ratification or accession of the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the international Labour
Organization conventions mentioned above constitutes a commitment related to the right to work
by international standards.
6. I n dedication to the principle of equality and human dignity of all workers, including domestic and
foreign workers, on an equal footing with national employment without discrimination, whether
based on race, religion, color, language, creed or origin, there is a pressing need to have a legal
system that ensures for these two categories a decent living and necessary protection against any
risk they may be subjected to. They must have recognized rights and privileges at all levels, which
are no different from those enjoyed by the national labor force, especially in the area of the necessary
social, legal, security and health protection.
7. T
his equality in treatment is consistent with the values and principles inherent in international
human rights standards, which are translated by the constitutions of states and their various
legislations, building on the importance of the human being as the real wealth and key element in
the production process apart from being a citizen or a foreigner.
8. The legal protection supposedly offered to these groups through the enactment of governing
legislation find their basis in response to preventing the crime of trafficking in persons, being aimed
at a category of human beings forced by certain circumstances to have a weak legal and social
status, by virtue of the practices of others with superior legal and social status.
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