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1520240* Cat/C/Bhr/2 United Nations CAT/C/BHR/2 Convention against Torture Distr.: General 19 November 2015 and Other Cruel, Inhuman English or Degrading Treatment Original: Arabic Arabic, English, French and or Punishment Spanish only Committee against Torture Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 19 of the Convention pursuant to the optional reporting procedure Second periodic reports of States parties due in 2007 Bahrain* ** *** [Date received: 29 September 2015] * The initial periodic report of Bahrain is contained in document CAT/C/47/Add.4; it was considered by the Committee at its 653rd and 656th meetings, held on 12 and 13 May 2005 (CAT/C/SR.653 and 656). For its consideration, see the Committee’s conclusions and recommendations (CAT/C/CR/34/BHR). ** The present document is being issued without formal editing. *** Annexes may be viewed in the files of the Secretariat. GE.15-20240 (EXT) *1520240* CAT/C/BHR/2 Contents Page Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 5 Background information .................................................................................................................. 5 I. Specific information on the implementation of articles 1 to 16 of the Convention, including with regard to the Committee’s previous recommendations ............................................ 7 Articles 1 and 4 ................................................................................................................................ 7 Reply to paragraph 1 of the list of issues: Adoption of a definition of torture ................................. 7 Article 2............................................................................................................................................ 9 Reply to paragraph 2 of the list of issues: Access of detainees to a doctor and lawyer and contact with their family .................................................................................................................. 9 Reply to paragraph 3: Ensuring that detainees held by the Criminal Investigation Department are promptly presented to a judge .................................................................................................... 13 Reply to paragraph 4: Recording of data on detainees ..................................................................... 14 Reply to paragraph 5: The National Institution for Human Rights Act ............................................ 14 Reply to paragraph 6: Habeas corpus ............................................................................................... 15 Reply to paragraph 7: Monitoring mechanisms in detention facilities ............................................. 17 Reply to paragraph 8: Supervision of the State security forces ........................................................ 17 Reply to paragraph 9: Allegations concerning the Public Prosecution and the National Security Agency ............................................................................................................................................. 24 Article 3............................................................................................................................................ 25 Reply to paragraph 10: Persons eligible for asylum under domestic law ......................................... 25 Reply to paragraph 11: Information on persons returned or extradited and details about the basis on which they were sent back .......................................................................................................... 25 Reply to paragraph 12: Post-return monitoring ................................................................................ 26 Articles 5, 6 and 7 ............................................................................................................................ 26 Reply to paragraph 13: Principle of universal jurisdiction ............................................................... 26 Article 10 .......................................................................................................................................... 26 Reply to paragraph 14: Prohibition of torture in Bahraini law ......................................................... 26 Reply to paragraph 15: Mandatory training programmes relating to the Convention ...................... 26 Article 11 .......................................................................................................................................... 30 Reply to paragraph 16: Recommendations contained in the report of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention with regard to the treatment of juveniles ......................................................... 30 Reply to paragraph 17: Data on prisoners and detainees .................................................................. 30 Reply to paragraph 18: Number of female law enforcement personnel and female judicial officials............................................................................................................................................. 34 Reply to paragraph 19: Percentage of female migrants in prisons and detention centres ................ 34 Articles 12 and 13 ............................................................................................................................ 34 2 GE.15-20240 (EXT) CAT/C/BHR/2 Reply to paragraph 20: Decree No. 56 of 2002 on the blanket amnesty .......................................... 34 Reply to paragraph 21: Complaints concerning crimes of torture or acts amounting to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment ...................................................................................................... 36 Reply to paragraph 22: Information on those pardoned by the His Majesty the King and released in April 2009 ...................................................................................................................... 36 Article 14 .......................................................................................................................................... 37 Reply to paragraph 23: Fair and adequate compensation for victims of torture ............................... 37 Article 15 .......................................................................................................................................... 39 Reply to paragraph 24: Steps to ensure that statements obtained under torture cannot be used as evidence in any proceedings ........................................................................................................ 39 Article 16 .......................................................................................................................................... 40 Reply to paragraph 25: Guarantees available to abused women appearing before Sharia court judges ............................................................................................................................................... 40 Reply to paragraph 26: The Family Code ........................................................................................ 41 Reply to paragraph 27: Prevention of violence against women, girls and female migrant workers, including trafficking in persons ......................................................................................... 42 Reply to paragraph 28: The death penalty ........................................................................................ 44 Reply to paragraph 29: Allegations that human rights defenders have been singled out as targets ............................................................................................................................................... 45 Reply to paragraph 30: Frequency of inter-prison violence ............................................................. 45 Reply to paragraph 31: Position of the legislator on corporal punishment ...................................... 46 Reply to paragraph 32: .................................................................................................................... 46 II. Other matters .................................................................................................................................... 47 Reply to paragraph 33: Act on the Protection of Society from Terrorist Acts ................................. 47 Reply to paragraph 34: The Hujairah case ....................................................................................... 47 Reply to paragraph 35: The Non-Governmental Associations Act .................................................. 48 Reply to paragraph 36: The Optional Protocol to the Convention ................................................... 49 III. General information on the national human rights situation, including new measures and developments relating to the implementation of the Convention ..................................................... 49 Reply to paragraph 37: Legal and institutional framework for the promotion and protection of human rights .................................................................................................................................... 49 Reply to paragraph 38: Policies for the promotion and protection of human rights ......................... 50 Reply to paragraph 39: Measures and developments undertaken to implement the Convention and the Committee’s recommendations ..........................................................................................
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