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. 61