#	Recommendation	Status
1715	Establish an independent and impartial national commission to implement BICI recommendations	Violated
1716	Establish a national independent and impartial mechanism to punish those responsible for deaths, torture, and mistreatment	Violated
1717	Turn the Ministry of Interior's office of the Inspector General into an "ombudsman's office"	Violated
1718	Revoke NSA arrest power, create an office of Inspector General in the NSA, adopt legislation clarifying that Code of Criminal Procedure applies during a State of National Safety	Partial
1719	Require Attorney General to investigate torture and guarantee safety of those raising torture claims, and to use independent forensic experts	Violated
1720	All convictions in National Safety Courts where fair trial procedures were not followed should be reviewed by ordinary courts	Partial
1722a	Conduct effective investigations of all deaths attributed to security forces, and all allegations of torture and similar mistreatment	Violated
1722b	Establish an independent body to examine all complains of torture, excessive use of force, or other abuses by authorities	Inaction
1722c	Public order training for public security forces, NSA, and BDF	Inaction
1722d	Avoid incommunicado detention for more than two to three days, all detention should be monitored by an independent body, everyone arrested should be given a copy of the arrest warrant	Violated
1722e	Integrate personnel from all communities in Bahrain into the security forces	Inaction
1722f	Train prosecutors and members of judiciary to contribute to eradication of torture	No Details
1722g	Audiovisual recordings of all official interviews with detainees	Violated
1722h	Review convictions and commute sentences of those charged with offenses involving political expression	Violated
1722i	Commute death sentences	N/A
1722j	Compensate families of the deceased	No Details
1722k	Compensate all victims of torture, ill-treatment, or prolonged incommunicado detention	No Details
1723a	Ensure that remaining dismissed employees were not dismissed for exercising speech or assembly rights	Violated
1723b	Use all powers to ensure public corporations treat dismissed employees at least as well as dismissed civil servants	Violated
1723c	Reinstate students not charged with violence, adopt procedures for reinstatement of legitimately expelled students, adopt and fairly apply clear disciplinary standards against students	Partial
1723d	Rebuild some of the demolished religious structures	Inaction
1724a	Relax censorship and allow opposition greater access to TV, radio, and print media	Violated
1724b	Establish professional standard and code of ethics for media	Inaction
1724c	Prevent incitement to violence, hatred, and sectarianism in public or private media	No Details
1725a	Develop educational programs to promote tolerance, human rights, and the rule of law	No Details
1725b	Develop a national reconciliation program	Inaction

5 on Trial in "Accidental" Killings

Two victims were beat to death, one was executed at point-blank range, and two were shot at least three times in multiple limbs at point-blank range.

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Compensation Bait and Switch

The touted "National Victims Compensation Fund" is scuttled by Royal Decree. A proposal to replace this fund with a panel in the Justice Ministry has allegedly been approved by the cabinet.

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500 More "Community Police" to be Hired

The community police force, established in 2005 has had limited success. Meanwhile, the 20,000 new Interior Ministry jobs announced in March 2011 have failed to materialize.

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