Number | Date added | Template | Cycle | Session | State under Review | Recommendation | Recommending State | Action Category | Response | Issues |
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114.173.1 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Speed up the legislative process to operationalize the draft law amending the nationality act so as to address the problem of statelessness in the country | 4 - General action | Noted |
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114.172 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Continue to improve measures to strengthen the rights of foreign migrant workers, including putting in place the necessary domestic legislation and access to health care and legal aid | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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114.171 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Strengthen the legal protection for migrant workers, including domestic workers, against discrimination on the grounds of race, sex, religion or nationality | 4 - General action | Supported |
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114.168 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Ensure the completion and successful running of the nine rehabilitation centres in a comprehensive disability complex | 4 - General action | Supported |
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114.165 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Continue to support the integration of persons with disabilities in society by strengthening educational support and job training | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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114.159 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Continue to promote the rights of children | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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114.157 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Take steps to ensure the successful implementation of the national plan for the advancement of Bahraini women 2013-2022 | 4 - General action | Supported |
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114.150.2 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Expedite the legal procedures relating to the Bahraini nationality act of 1963, thus allowing citizenship to be granted, without restrictions, to children of Bahraini women married to foreigners | 4 - General action | Supported |
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114.150.1 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Finalize the draft law amending certain provisions of the 1963 citizenship act to enable Bahraini women married to non-Bahraini men to confer their nationality on their children without any conditions | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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114.147 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Further efforts to increase the representation of women in leadership, public and decision-making positions | 4 - General action | Supported |
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114.138 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Continue to implement policies that promote gender equality and provide women with opportunities to play an active role in social, economic and political spheres | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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114.129 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Continue making progress on its reform agenda and to become a role model for the region, including through strengthening the independence, effectiveness and transparency of its oversight bodies, and cooperating with the United Nations system | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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114.127 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Ensure that all aspects of criminal procedure are in line with accepted international standards | 4 - General action | Supported |
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114.123 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Remove restrictive limitations on the establishment of political parties or membership therein, and cease the dissolution by law of opposition political societies | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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114.122 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Respect and protect the right of all groups and individuals to participate in legitimate political activities | 4 - General action | Supported |
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114.121 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Remove undue restrictions on the organization of peaceful protest in opposition to the Government, and repeal the application of criminal penalties to peaceful participation in unauthorized protests | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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114.115 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Respect the legitimate rights of all its citizens to freedom of assembly, expression and participation in political societies | 4 - General action | Supported |
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114.107 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Redouble efforts to promote and safeguard the freedom and independence of the press and electronic media on the basis of international standards and norms | 4 - General action | Supported |
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114.105 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Amend the penal code and the press law to remove criminal penalties for alleged libel and insult offences, as accepted by Bahrain during its last universal periodic review | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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114.104 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Remove undue restrictions on the online publication of news media, and the licencing restrictions on media organizations and individuals seeking to practise journalism | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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114.99 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Rescind impediments to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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114.96 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Take necessary measures to guarantee the enjoyment of all fundamental freedoms, including the participation in political and public affairs by all | 4 - General action | Supported |
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114.92 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Adopt a comprehensive national strategy against trafficking in persons | 4 - General action | Supported |
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114.91 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Consider formulating a strategy against trafficking in persons | 3 - Considering action | Supported |
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114.88 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Implement a national strategy to tackle the trafficking of women and girls, while building on its excellent work to ensure the effective protection of all workers, including migrant workers, against discrimination, and to ratify the 2014 protocol to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 of the International Labour Organization | 4 - General action | Supported |
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114.86 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Further improve measures aimed at combating human trafficking, including victim assistance | 4 - General action | Supported |
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114.76.2 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Immediately implement a formal moratorium on the death penalty with a view to abolishing the practice | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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114.58 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Maintain its commitment to achieving concrete political reform based on respect of the legitimate rights and aspirations of all its citizens, consistent with Bahrain’s international obligations and acceptance of the findings and recommendations of the 2011 report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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114.45 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Continue to promote human rights education | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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114.39 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Continue to strengthen the Office of the Ombudsman of the Ministry of the Interior, the Ombudsman of the National Security Agency and the Special Investigations Unit, so they can fulfil their mandates effectively | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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