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Parliamentary and municipal elections in Bahrain 2006
The results of the Bahraini parliamentary and municipal elections were a frustration to more than 25 former Bahraini deputies who re-nominated themselves. Only six of them won. The elections were frustrating also to the women. Out of 16 women candidates, only one woman won by acclaim while the ot…
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Bahrain's October 24 and 31, 2002 Legislative Elections
On October 24 and 31, 2002, Bahrain held its first legislative elections in 29 years for a
40-seat lower house of Parliament. The National Democratic Institute for International
Affairs (NDI) sent a small study mission to witness the parliamentary election period, and
in cooperation and consultat…
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The end of the beginning as Bahrain goes to the polls
Later this month, Bahrain will enter a new era with its first parliamentary elections since 1973. Edmund O'Sullivan and Tom Everett-Heath examine the prospects for the island kingdom and interview Bahrain's Crown Prince Shaikh Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa
At dawn on 24 October, for the first time …
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The Right to Reparations in International Human Rights Law and the Case
The evolution of international law towards a system capable of promoting "global justice" has been accompa-nied by a growing consensus that States bear an obligation both to punish wrongdoers and to act on behalf of victims in the wake of widespread, systematic human rights abuses. In f…
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Bahrain OKs Municipal Election
A year after Bahrainis backed a national charter for democratic reform, Bahrain's ruler on Wednesday took a key step toward representative government by approving a law on municipal elections. The highlight of the law is that women will for the first time have the right to run for public office.
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A critical year for Bahrain and its national assembly: the final session of the Bahrain parliament's first term opened at the start of October
One of the most important periods in the history of Bahrain since full independence in August 1971 got under way at the start of this month, with the opening of the fourth and final session of the National Assembly's first term. It sets the scene for an intense period of debate about the directio…
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Bahrain folds 25 years of state of emergency
Bahrain is preparing to make probably the most important changes of its modern political history after it gained independence from British rule in 1971. Some 217,000 Bahrainis are set to participate in a referendum this week that could lead to the abolition of a 25-year state of emergency and the…
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IDEA: The Role of Constitution-Building Processes in Democratization - Case Study Bahrain
The current political and institutional reform process in Bahrain is in many ways unique and is likely to serve as a catalyst for further reform in the Arab world. Confounding expectations the incumbent power elites have themselves voluntarily initiated reform of the political system in the count…
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