# Bahrain

- **Record type**: Jurisdiction profile
- **Short name**: Bahrain
- **ISO code**: BH
- **Type**: country
- **Region**: Asia / Gulf Cooperation Council

## In brief

Bahrain has 1 recorded AI policy instrument, none of them binding. Instruments on record: General Policy for the Use of Artificial Intelligence (2025, policy, adopted). Every record here links to its official source and states its verification status. A binding policy for Bahraini government entities structured around four pillars: compliance with AI-related laws and policies (including the Personal Data Protection…

## Overview

A binding policy for Bahraini government entities structured around four pillars: compliance with AI-related laws and policies (including the Personal Data Protection Law and the GCC AI ethics guide), use and adoption of AI technologies, awareness and education, and local and international cooperation.

## Regulatory status

Instruments on record: General Policy for the Use of Artificial Intelligence (2025, policy, adopted). Each is linked to its official source; human verification pending.

## What is binding and what is guidance

Binding: none recorded. Strategy or guidance: General Policy for the Use of Artificial Intelligence.

## How to use this profile

- Open the official source on each instrument before relying on any date or obligation.
- Treat strategies and guidance as signals of coming regulation, not as binding requirements.

## Official sources

- General Policy for the Use of Artificial Intelligence — Information & eGovernment Authority, Kingdom of Bahrain — https://www.iga.gov.bh/Media/Publications/National%20Digital%20Policies/General%20Policy%20for%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20-%20%20Final%2030%20Jul%202025.pdf

## Instruments recorded for this jurisdiction (1)

- **General Policy for the Use of Artificial Intelligence** — Policy, Adopted, non-binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/bahrain-general-policy-for-the-use-of-artificial-intelligence
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/bahrain-general-policy-for-the-use-of-artificial-intelligence.md

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/jurisdictions/bahrain
- **Official source**: https://www.iga.gov.bh/Media/Publications/National%20Digital%20Policies/General%20Policy%20for%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20-%20%20Final%2030%20Jul%202025.pdf
- **Source document**: General Policy for the Use of Artificial Intelligence
- **Published by**: Information & eGovernment Authority, Kingdom of Bahrain
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: medium
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: Bhaskar Bhatt (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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