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.
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