 over this recommendation under the Constitution and that its implementation is beyond the competence of the Ministry. It explained that the Nationality, Passports and Residence Affairs receives citizenship applications for the children of Bahraini women and considers the cases and their status in coordination with the Supreme Council for Women and other concerned authorities in the Kingdom. Summary of the Ministry of Labor’s response: The concerned authority reported that the implementation of the Resolution has reflected positively on enhancing productivity of workers and improving their morale, as well as contributing positively in reducing losses resulting from the work-related accidents and occupational diseases. It also stated that it found that the vast majority of business owners did not reduce the daily working hours, but rather shifted the work periods in open places to other periods of the day so as production continues in the work sites normally with higher productivity without incurring material losses or disrupting the progress of existing projects. 2) Text of the Recommendation: Fast track the enforcement mechanism of judicial decisions issued by the competent courts, which establishes the obligation of the Nationality, Passports and Residence Affairs to issue and renew passports.  Requirement Five Recommendations Pertaining to the Right to Recognition of Legal Personality (the Right to a Nationality) The entity reported that the Nationality, Passports and Residence Affairs ensures that the final and irrevocable judicial rulings submitted by the legal person or his/her legal representative that meet the legal requirements are executed, and that it always works hard to improve and develop its services in general to provide high quality services to the customers. 1) Text of the Recommendation: Include provisions in the Bahraini Citizenship Act in force to grant Bahraini women the right to confer Bahraini nationality on their children subject to legal controls and in line with the relevant international human rights instruments and the commitments of the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain before the Human Rights Council at the Universal Periodic Review, in a manner that takes into account national interest in this regard.  Summary of the Ministry of Interior’s response: 3) Text of the Recommendation: Reconsider the issue of mandatory inperson presence to receive a passport once it is issued or renewed, and allow those who have a special, notarized or certified power of attorney to receive this document under this special power of attorney, especially in cases where there is no security restriction on the passport holder. Summary of the Ministry of Interior’s response: The entity stated that the legislative authority has an inherent jurisdiction 33