The Government has referred to the National Assembly draft laws amended articles 168 and 169 of the Penal Code.
It updated the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) chaired by renowned war crimes expert Professor Mahmoud Sharif Bassiouni on November 11, 2011.
The amendments are in line with the International Covenant on Civic and Political Rights and the Arab Charter.
The BICI Report featured amendments of twenty articles of the constitution as well as amendments of the law 26 for 2005 on political associations.