This Decree exclusively addresses terrorism. Art. 8: training people for terrorist As such, it adds further specificity to Ar.cle purposes; 10(c) of the 1963 Bahraini Na.onality Law, by Art. 9: using or running a legal seUng out which terrorism-related crimes organiza.on for crimes of terrorism; can result in na.onality revoca.on. However, Art. 12: communica.ng or working for the list isn’t exhaus.ve and is sufficiently an organiza.on outside of the country vague to allow for significant discre.on. to carry out terrorist atacks inside Through the Decree, Ar.cle 24 was added to Bahrain; and the 2006 Law: Art. 17: inci.ng people to commit a terrorist ac.vity. In addi.on to the prescribed punishment, a ruling is passed to In addi.on to lis.ng specific crimes which revoke the na.onality of the convicted carry the punishment of na.onality person in the crimes s.pulated in revoca.on, Ar.cle 24 also empowers the Ar.cles (5) -(9), (12) & (17) of this law. criminal courts to revoke na.onality for those The ruling of revoking the na.onality convicted. However, the King’s approval is shall not be enforced except aNer the s.ll necessary to enforce such court approval of the King of the country. decisions. ANer the promulga.on of this Royal Decree, Bahraini criminal courts The crimes under Arts. 5 - 9, 12 & 17 of Law stripped the ci.zenships of hundreds of No. 5815 are as follows: individuals through mass trials that were 15 Art. 5: hijacking means of unfair and lacked procedural safeguards. transporta.on for terrorist atacks; According to an April 2019 statement issued Art. 6: crea.on or organiza.on of a by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights group to prevent state laws or state Michelle Bachelet: “The UN Human Rights ins.tu.ons from func.oning; Office has long urged Bahrain to bring its Art. 7: compelling a person to join overly broad counter-terrorism and counter- terrorist groups or organiza.ons; extremism legisla.on in line with its Summarized for brevity, the full provisions can be found in the aforemen.oned reference site. 20 | Arbitrary Revoca.on of Na.onality in Bahrain - a Tool of Oppression