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Crimes Crime of Aggression
No provision.
Crimes Against Humanity
No provision.
Genocide
Decree No. 4 of 1990 on genocide. [Document not found. Please contact intlaw@derechos.org with any information concerning the document or a possible source.]
Upon ratification of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide, Bahrain made the following reservations:"With reference to article IX of the Convention the Government of the State of Bahrain declares that, for the submission of any dispute in terms of this article to the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, the express consent of all the parties to the dispute is required in each case."
"Moreover, the accession by the State of Bahrain to the said Convention shall in no way constitute recognition of Israel or be a cause for the establishment of any relations of any kind therewith."War Crimes
According to article 37 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Bahrain, international treaties come into force once ratified and published in the Official Gazette, after which they have legal force equivalent to national legislation.
Bahrain is a State party to the following main International Humanitarian Law treaties:Geneva Conventions, 1949 (Ratification / Accession: 30 November 1971) Additional Protocol (I) to the Geneva Conventions, 1977 (Ratification / Accession: 30 October 1986) Additional Protocol (II) to the Geneva Conventions, 1977 (Ratification / Accession: 30 October 1986) Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict, 2000 (Ratification / Accession: 21 September 2004)
International Criminal Court
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: Bahrain signed the Rome Statute on 11 December 2000. The Kingdom of Bahrain is not a state party to the Rome Statute.
Penal Code and its amendments. (Amiri decree no. 15 of 1976 with respect to enactment of the Penal Code).
(Ministry of Justice and Islamic Affairs, Kingdom of Bahrain) [ENG] [Last accessed 07 October 2015] [External Link]
Constitution of the Kingdom of Bahrain. 14 February 2002.
(eGovernment, Kingdom of Bahrain) [ENG] [Last accessed 07 October 2015] [External Link]
Modified Constitution of the Kingdom of Bahrain (2012).
(eGovernment, Kingdom of Bahrain) [ARA] [Last accessed 07 October 2015] [External Link]
Official Gazette. 14 February 2002.
(Ministry of Information Affairs, Kingdom of Bahrain) [ENG] [Last accessed 07 October 2015] [External Link]
Laws and Legislation.
Advanced search of all Kingdom of Bahrain's legislation, as well as agreements and contracts. (eGovernment, Kingdom of Bahrain) [ARA] [Last accessed 07 October 2015] [External Link]
Report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry.
Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry. [ENG/ARA] [Last accessed 27 September 2017] [External Link to pdf file]
Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry.
[ENG/ARA] [Last accessed 27 September 2017] [External Link]
Guide to Law Online: Kingdom of Bahrain.
Law Library, U.S. Library of Congress. [Last accessed 07 October 2015] [External Link]