UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION BY THE INDEPENDENT OMBUDSMAN’S OFFICE
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References
1. National Action Charter
2. Constitution of the Kingdom of Bahrain
3. Penal Code, as amended
4. Code of Criminal Procedures, as amended
5. Law of Prisons1964
6. Law of Public Security Forces, as amended
7. Prison Systems 1964
8. Decree 35 / 2013 amending Decree 27 / 2012 on the Ombudsman at the Ministry of
Interior
9. Universal Declaration of Human Rights
10.
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
11.
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment
12.
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
13.
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
14.
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
15.
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
16.
Charter of the United Nations
17.
Arab Charter of Human Rights
18.
Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners – United Nations General Assembly
resolution
19.
Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners(adopted by the first United
Nations Conference on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders
20.
Standards of Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons in the United Kingdom
21.
The report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry
22.Code of Conduct for Police Officers
