Amnesty International: Bahrain: Protecting Human Rights After The Prot
 

22-12-11 04:24 PM

Amnesty International Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review, May-June 2012

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In this submission, prepared for the UN Universal Periodic Review of Bahrain taking place in May-June 2012, Amnesty International comments on the government’s implementation of recommendations that Bahrain supported during its previous UPR in April 2008, concerning women’s rights, women’s rights to confer citizenship rights, a new family law, the draft press law, and signature of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.

With regard to Bahrain’s human rights framework Amnesty International notes that key human rights standards and safeguards contained in human rights treaties to which Bahrain is a party are not reflected in domestic legislation. Moreover, the National Human Rights Institution, established in November 2009, appears to have limited impact on the promotion and protection of human rights.

Amnesty International expresses concern at the excessive use of force by security forces in the context of anti-government protests, in which unarmed protesters were killed. Protesters have also been subjected to arbitrary arrest and detention, and torture and other ill-treatment. Scores of detainees have received unfair trials before the National Safety Court. Human rights activists, journalists and media workers continue to face harassment and arrest.

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