of the means stipulated in the previous paragraph. It is another guarantee that determines
the optimal application of the provisions of (OPAC).
10. In this regard, the NIHRn renews its call for a comprehensive review of the provisions of
the Combat Trafficking in Persons Law and taking into account the observations that the
NIHR referred to the government, to ensure its comprehensiveness and consistency with
relevant international and regional instruments, starting from the stage of prevention to
treatment, up to the imposition of punishment on the perpetrators.13
Fourth: Other legal provisions
19. Within the scope of the provisions of international humanitarian law, the Kingdom of
Bahrain has acceded to the four Geneva Conventions, and the two additional protocols
21. With regard to the rules of international human rights law, Bahrain has ratified and
acceded seven of the core international human rights instruments out of nine, namely: the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights under Law No. (56) of 2006, and the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights under Law No. (10) of 2007,
the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination by
Decree No. (8) of 1990, and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women by Decree-Law No. (5) of 2002.
22. The Kingdom also acceded to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment or Punishment under Decree-Law No. (4) of 1998, and under
Decree-Law No. (16) of 1991 it acceded to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of
the Child, and finally the Kingdom ratified The Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities under Law No. (22) of 2011. The Kingdom has not yet ratified or acceded to the
International Convention for the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and
Members of Their Families adopted by the United Nations on December 18, 1990, and the
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance,
Adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 20, 2006.
23. NIHR always renews its continuous calls for the importance of the State implementing
its relevant international and regional obligations, which is the explicit call that the NIHR
made to the government to join the rest of the international instruments and protocols
attached to them, in order to complement the international system in the field of human
rights.
24. Bahrain also established the National Committee for International Humanitarian Law14,
which is entrusted with the competence to consider issues related to the implementation
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To view the observations of the National Institution for Human Rights regarding Law No. (1) of 2008
submitted to the government, please see the official website of the institution at the following link:
https://www.nihr.org.bh/Consultative/2016/Gov
https://www.lloc.gov.bh/PDF/D3914.pdf
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