Number | Date added | Template | Cycle | Session | State under Review | Recommendation | Recommending State | Action Category | Response | Issues |
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114.176.2 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | End the practice of arbitrarily revoking citizenship, especially where this renders individuals stateless and forces them into exile | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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114.174 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | End the practice of revoking citizenship from individuals | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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114.173.2 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Amend article 10 (c) of the 1963 citizenship act to bring it into line with international standards | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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114.158 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Increase the number of women in political and public life at all levels and in all areas and promote women in leadership positions and ensure that they are granted opportunities in the higher education system | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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114.13 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Guarantee the fight against impunity, ensuring that all those persons found guilty are brought to justice, in the context of allegations of the use of torture to obtain confessions from detainees | 4 - General 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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114.128 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Focus on strengthening the legal framework, the institutions and the judiciary to guarantee an independent judicial system and the right to fair trial guaranteed by articles 9 and 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights | 4 - General 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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114.126 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Ensure that the oversight institutions established following the recommendations of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry are fully impartial and independent in order for them to effectively carry out their work | 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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114.12 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Finalize and enact the new media law with the meaningful involvement of all stakeholders, providing for a truly independent regulatory body | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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114.119 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Adopt appropriate measures to ensure the protection of human rights defenders, journalists and members of the political opposition from acts of aggression and intimidation and abstain from taking any restrictive measures or reprisals against human rights defenders, notably those who cooperate with the Human Rights Council | 4 - General action | Supported |
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114.116 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Reduce restrictions on peaceful assembly and association, allow individuals to participate freely in independent political societies, consistent with the Constitution and national action charter, and cease unwarranted legal action against Wefaq and Wa’ad for engaging in protected activities | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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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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114.113 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Implement relevant legislation for the full exercise of the right to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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114.112 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Immediately and unconditionally release all prisoners of conscience imprisoned only for exercising their right to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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114.111 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Repeal or amend all laws that restrict the freedoms of expression, association or assembly, including decree No. 31 of 2013, Law No. 34 of 2014, and Law No. 26 of 2015 | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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114.11 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Modify the legislation to repeal criminal responsibility for activities that fall within the legitimate exercise of the freedom of expression, particularly on the Internet and Twitter | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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114.109 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Take measures to guarantee the exercise of the right to freedom of association and peaceful assembly and to promote and facilitate the activities of NGOs | 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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114.103 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Review convictions, commute sentences, or drop charges for all persons imprisoned solely for non-violent political expression | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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114.102 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Release all persons detained solely for the exercise of their right to freedom of expression or their right to peaceful assembly and repeal all legislative provisions criminalizing the exercise of these rights | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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114.101 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Protect the rights to freedom of association and assembly in accordance with its international obligations, notably those under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and cease the dissolution of political parties and civil society organizations | 4 - General action | Supported |
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114.1 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Release as soon as possible all individuals, including human rights defenders, having been imprisoned solely due to the exercise of their fundamental rights of expression and assembly | 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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114.97 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Avoid the intimidation and harassment of human rights defenders, journalists and civil society organizations, lifting the restrictions imposed on them and allowing them to freely exercise their rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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114.95 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Release all arbitrarily detained persons in Bahrain, including the Danish-Bahrain citizen Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, a victim of torture who needs treatment and rehabilitation | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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