of 2014 amending the Bahraini Na.onality prohibi.on of discrimina.on; the prohibi.on Law of 1963;6 and Decree No. 20 of 2013, of arbitrary depriva.on of na.onality; the amending Law No. 58 of 2006 on Protec.ng right to a fair trial, remedy and repara.on; Society from Terrorist Acts,7 in considera.on and other obliga.ons and standards set forth of the Bahraini Cons.tu.on. in interna.onal human rights law. Secondly, the interna.onal legal framework The report will then focus on the trend of regarding na.onality and its depriva.on and Bahraini na.onality-revoca.on post-2011, revoca.on will be discussed, drawing on considering Bahrain’s evolving na.onal law, relevant interna.onal law standards, as as well as the accompanying interna.onal synthesized and ar.culated in the Principles legal framework. In addi.on, two study cases on Depriva.on of Na.onality as a Na.onal about revoca.on of na.onality are discussed Security Measure.8 As set out in the in detail, to give an overview of the process Principles and discussed further in this and struggle that some Bahrainis and their report, States should not deprive persons of families go through aNer they are stripped of na.onality for the purpose of safeguarding their na.onality. Finally, the report will na.onal security, and any exercise of an conclude with the summa.on of the text, as excep.on to this rule, must be interpreted well as an emphasizing of recommenda.ons. and applied narrowly, and is further limited by other well-established standards of All informa.on in this report is up to date as interna.onal law. These limita.ons include: of 30 April 2021. the avoidance of statelessness; the 6 Law No. 21 of 2014 amending the Bahraini Na.onality Law of 1963 available in English at: <htps:// www.refworld.org/docid/58dcfdae4.html> 7 Decree No. 20 of 2013 amending Law No. 58 of 2006 on Protec.ng Society from Terrorist Acts, available in the original Arabic at: <htps://www.legalaffairs.gov.bh/AdvancedSearchDetails.aspx?id=11438> 8 Principles on Depriva.on of Na.onality as a Na.onal Security Measure, 2020, Principle 4 (Basic Rule). Available at: htps://files.ins.tutesi.org/PRINCIPLES.pdf. 11 | Arbitrary Revoca.on of Na.onality in Bahrain - a Tool of Oppression