The Kingdom of Spain demanded Bahrain to develop a national machinery to combat torture and completely cancel death penalty.

Slovenia demanded Bahrain to set a timetable to implement HRC recommendations.

Montenegro welcomed the invitation extended to UN High Commissioner to visit Bahrain, stating that the visit should include Shiite villages. Meanwhile, South Korea demanded the Bahraini Government to proceed in the dialogue to face challenges and recommended it to accept the visit of UN Special Rapporteurs to the country.

Portugal called on the Bahraini government to abolish all the death penalties issued against citizens and lift travel bans imposed on human rights activists.

The United States severely slammed the government of Bahrain and its recent measures against political parties and Shiite clerics.

Norway recommended the government of Bahrain to cancel all death penalties, especially those issued based on 2011 events.

New Zealand demanded Bahrain to respect rights of all groups participating in political activism.

Bahraini and American human rights organizations strongly condemned the judicial harassment of human rights defenders, journalists, lawyers, and other members of civil society attempting to attend international human rights mechanisms such as the UPR, calling on the Government of Bahrain to immediately lift all restrictions on them.