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State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:CroatiaCroatiaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:RejectedContents:Ratify the OP-CEDAW. -
State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:Review DocumentationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:CRC recommended ratifying the OP-CRC-IC and withdrawing the general reservation made to the Convention. ... [Para 3] -
State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Women's participation
Type:Review DocumentationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:[CEDAW] recommended that Saudi Arabia promote equal and full participation of women in political and public life and in decision-making and that it address the cultural and practical barriers impeding the full political participation of women. [Para 55]
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State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:AI, Musawah, JS3, and JS6 … recommended KSA to amend the Law to enable Saudi women to transfer nationality to their spouses. [Para 38]
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State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:4th session, February 2009Status:AcceptedContents:Continue progress in the promotion of women's and children's rights, in accordance with Islamic Shari'a and its international commitments. -
State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:4th session, February 2009Status:NeglectedContents:Ensure that the national machinery for the advancement of women has the necessary visibility and decision-making, as well as coordination powers to enable it effectively to fulfil its mandate in promoting gender equality. [Para 9; CEDAW] -
State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:SwedenSwedenRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Marginalized groups of women
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:4th session, February 2009Status:AcceptedContents:Strengthen efforts to ensure that violations of physical abuse and discrimination of migrant women who come to serve as domestic workers are acted upon and take steps necessary to ensure full enjoyment of human rights of all women in Saudi Arabia.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 64) The Ministry of Social Affairs is currently preparing an implementing regulation on the procedural mechanisms for application of the Child Protection Act. This Act complements the draft law on protection from abuse, which prohibits all forms of abuse against all of the groups most vulnerable to violence, particularly women and children, and establishes national mechanisms for protecting these groups. Expectations are that the draft law will be passed in the near future. The Ministry has also undertaken the following:
- Signed memoranda of cooperation with a number of civil society organizations and charitable societies for the provision of sheltered accommodation for groups at risk of violence;
- Signed a memorandum of cooperation with King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology for the implementation of a national strategy to combat domestic violence and deliver awareness programmes;
- Set up a call centre for receiving reports of violence against women, which is reached by dialling 1919;
- Implemented Cabinet Decision No. 366 of December 2008, which prescribes measures for curbing the problem of domestic violence, including the accelerated opening of social protection units throughout the Kingdom.
Para 67) Working in cooperation with the Family Safety Programme, the Ministry of Education established procedural mechanisms for identifying and reporting cases of violence in schools, through the child helpline, and appointed its own coordinators for the provinces and governorates. Programmes were also launched to raise awareness of children's rights. These included programmes for ... giving voice to girl students.
Para 73) Domestic service: In addition to the approval of the Regulation on domestic workers and persons of similar status, referred to in paragraph 14 of the report, a number of awareness measures were adopted with the aim of protecting and promoting the rights of persons in this category. As part of a programme for the dissemination of a human rights culture, the Human Rights Commission implemented a series of information campaigns designed to increase public awareness of the rights of domestic workers. The Ministry of Labour also organized information programmes, including a documentary film entitled "Partners in development", to enhance awareness of the labour laws among citizens and migrant workers and anchor the concept of being well treated.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 20) ... AI, JS1, ECLJ and HRW noted that no effective legal and practical measures have been put in place to criminalize violence against women. HRW stated the government failed to enact the 2011 draft law to combat violence against women and children.
Para 34) ... JS4 noted that no effective mechanism to prevent domestic violence has been implemented and the Protection from Harm Act has not been enacted. -
State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:CanadaCanadaRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASOIFCommonwealthIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:4th session, February 2009Status:RejectedContents:Withdraw its two reservations to CEDAW. -
State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:4th session, February 2009Status:N/AContents:A Higher National Committee for Women's Affairs has been established in accordance with Council of Ministers Decision No. 63 of 11/3/1424 AH. [Para 46] -
State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:AlbaniaAlbaniaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupOICOIFIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:RejectedContents:Ratify the ICCPR, ICESCR, OP-CAT and OP-CEDAW, and sign OP-CRC-IC.ExplanationWith regard to ... the OP-CEDAW, the sharia and the Kingdom's legislation contain adequate provisions to ensure achievement of the purpose of these conventions.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 28) Two human rights instruments — the ICCPR and ICESCR — are currently being studied by a high-level governmental committee with a view to accession. Under article 5(4) of its charter, the Human Rights Commission may express an opinion on international human rights instruments and accession thereto.
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State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:4th session, February 2009Status:Reference AddressedContents:Members of the HRC should strongly urge the government to promulgate by royal decree the dismantling of the legal guardianship system for adult women, establish an oversight mechanism to ensure government agencies no longer request a guardian's permission to work, travel, study, marry, access health care, or any public service. [Para 9] -
State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:FinlandFinlandRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:RejectedContents:Continue implementing the 2008 recommendations by the Committee on CEDAW on remaining issues, in particular the withdraw of the general reservations to CEDAW.ExplanationThe Kingdom wishes to emphasize the fact that that the principle of reservations to international conventions is a right recognized by international law. Moreover, the Kingdom believes that the reservations that it has made to the treaties that it has signed or to which it has acceded are not incompatible with the aims and purposes of those treaties. -
State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:ColombiaColombiaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Explore the possibility of elaborating and adopting a national policy for gender equality in accordance with the international instruments in this area to which Saudi Arabia is a party.ExplanationThe Kingdom's laws and regulations guarantee equality and designate all forms of discrimination, particularly against women, as punishable criminal offences. However, since acts of discrimination might be committed with impunity within the context of erroneous individual practices, endeavours are being intensified to eliminate such discrimination through the adoption of further policies, regulations and procedural measures under which any form of discrimination against women will be criminalized and punished. The national report highlighted the achievements made in the field of women's rights and particularly in regard to women's participation in public and political life. The Kingdom is aware that the system of male guardianship or tutelage to which reference is made in some of the recommendations is regarded as implying male domination over women. It therefore wishes to reaffirm that its regulations protect women from such domination or any practices conducive thereto and in no way entail any marginalization of women or gender-based differentiation likely to undermine the recognition of women's rights in a manner consistent with the definition of discrimination incorporated in the CEDAW. The Islamic legal concept of qiwama (tutelage in the sense of men's obligation to protect and provide for their womenfolk) guarantees women's rights and helps to ensure a properly structured and cohesive family. If this obligation is abused and exploited as a means to subjugate a woman and violate her rights, there are many ways in which the woman can seek redress at any time, particularly through the judiciary. -
State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:GreeceGreeceRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Proceed with the promulgation of the necessary laws in order to abolish the male guardianship system while, in parallel, the stereotypes affecting women's enjoyment of their rights, including their personal status law, should be remedied.ExplanationThe Kingdom's laws and regulations guarantee equality and designate all forms of discrimination, particularly against women, as punishable criminal offences. However, since acts of discrimination might be committed with impunity within the context of erroneous individual practices, endeavours are being intensified to eliminate such discrimination through the adoption of further policies, regulations and procedural measures under which any form of discrimination against women will be criminalized and punished. The national report highlighted the achievements made in the field of women's rights and particularly in regard to women's participation in public and political life. The Kingdom is aware that the system of male guardianship or tutelage to which reference is made in some of the recommendations is regarded as implying male domination over women. It therefore wishes to reaffirm that its regulations protect women from such domination or any practices conducive thereto and in no way entail any marginalization of women or gender-based differentiation likely to undermine the recognition of women's rights in a manner consistent with the definition of discrimination incorporated in the CEDAW. The Islamic legal concept of qiwama (tutelage in the sense of men's obligation to protect and provide for their womenfolk) guarantees women's rights and helps to ensure a properly structured and cohesive family. If this obligation is abused and exploited as a means to subjugate a woman and violate her rights, there are many ways in which the woman can seek redress at any time, particularly through the judiciary.ImplementationSupreme Order no. 33322 (18 April 2017):
Para 21) The Order allows women to access all government services and conclude their business without being required to obtain the approval of another person. It further supports the launch by the Human Rights Commission of educational programmes on the international conventions to which the Kingdom has acceded, as part of a comprehensive women’s rights awareness plan.
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Para 40) CEDAW remained concerned about the use of sharia law to explain the lack of progress on family law reform and the continued application of discriminatory legal provisions relating to personal status, particularly the requirement for a woman to obtain her guardian’s permission to marry and the limited grounds available to women to seek divorce. It was also concerned at the persistent discrimination against women and girls in inheritance law, custody matters, marriage and divorce.
Para 51) ... In the light of the large number of reported domestic violence incidents, the Committee against Torture was concerned about allegations that the male guardianship system (mehrem) deterred and often prevented victims from reporting such cases.
Para 53) [CEDAW] was concerned about the persistence of the male guardianship system, despite measures taken to limit its scope.
Para 56) The Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty noted that challenges with regard to the human rights of women were heavier on women living in poverty, as many employers still insisted on obtaining the permission of male guardians before women could work.
Para 52) CRC expressed deep concern that, despite repeated recommendations of international human rights mechanisms, Saudi Arabia still did not recognize girls as full subjects of rights, and severely discriminated against them in law and in practice.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 31) Musawah noted that only men may divorce unilaterally …
Para 32) JS8 noted that workers are denied an array of fundamental rights. The few rights that do exist are not meaningfully protected. This is clear in the continued, widespread and severe discrimination, both through law and in practice, against women, …
Para 34) AI, Musawah and JS6 observed that women and girls face discrimination in law including in the Civil Status Code, Labour Code and Nationality Act, and in practice. They noted that Saudi Arabia made some progress in advancing women’s rights. Despite these ostensibly positive developments, but they failed to implement the eight accepted UPR recommendations pertaining to the system of male guardianship over women. Women face numerous restrictions on their daily actions throughout Saudi society. The government has recently taken steps towards easing guardianship restrictions, but reforms are limited, and provide no penalties for offences. The system is not only set in law, but is a set of regulations that act as de facto law.
Para 35) HRW noted that Saudi Arabia committed in its previous UPR to implementing the Protection from Abuse Regulation that detail enforcement and redress mechanisms for women and children facing domestic violence.
Para 36) Musawah noted that Muslim men could marry up to four wives at one time with few restrictions.
Para 37) Musawah reported that women do not enjoy equal rights to custody and guardianship of their children as the father has priority.
Para 38) AI, Musawah, JS3, and JS6 observed that Saudi Arabian women with foreign spouses, unlike their male counterparts, cannot pass on their nationality to their children or spouses.
Para 46) AI, HRW, Musawah, JS3 and JS6 noted that Saudi Arabia still does not allow women to transmit nationality to their children on an equal basis with men.
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State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:FranceFranceRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Grant equal citizenship rights to women and men.ImplementationUN Compilation:
Para 52) CRC expressed deep concern that, despite repeated recommendations of international human rights mechanisms, Saudi Arabia still did not recognize girls as full subjects of rights, and severely discriminated against them in law and in practice.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 34) AI, Musawah and JS6 observed that women and girls face discrimination in law including in the Civil Status Code, Labour Code and Nationality Act, and in practice. They noted that Saudi Arabia made some progress in advancing women’s rights. Despite these ostensibly positive developments, but they failed to implement the eight accepted UPR recommendations pertaining to the system of male guardianship over women. Women face numerous restrictions on their daily actions throughout Saudi society. The government has recently taken steps towards easing guardianship restrictions, but reforms are limited, and provide no penalties for offences. The system is not only set in law, but is a set of regulations that act as de facto law.
Para 35) HRW noted that Saudi Arabia committed in its previous UPR to implementing the Protection from Abuse Regulation that detail enforcement and redress mechanisms for women and children facing domestic violence.
Para 36) Musawah noted that Muslim men could marry up to four wives at one time with few restrictions.
Para 37) Musawah reported that women do not enjoy equal rights to custody and guardianship of their children as the father has priority.
Para 38) AI, Musawah, JS3, and JS6 observed that Saudi Arabian women with foreign spouses, unlike their male counterparts, cannot pass on their nationality to their children or spouses.
Para 46) AI, HRW, Musawah, JS3 and JS6 noted that Saudi Arabia still does not allow women to transmit nationality to their children on an equal basis with men.
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State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Sexual violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:NeglectedContents:The Special Rapporteur on violence against women recommended the adoption of a Penal Code that clearly defined and penalized criminal offences - including rape and the use of torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment ... [Para 4] -
State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:Reference AddressedContents:UNESCO recommended ensuring that every area of study on higher education was accessible to women on the same basis as men. [Para 56] -
State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:MoroccoMoroccoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupOICALOIFIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Continue efforts to promote gender equality.Explanationتأخذ أنظمة المملكة بمبدأ المساواة القائمة على التكامل بين الرجل والمرأة، والتي تراعي الخصائص والسمات التي يتمتع بها كل من الجنسين، وتحقق العدل في نهاية المطاف، ولا تتضمن أنظمة المملكة أي تفرقة أو استبعاد أو تقييد للمرأة ينتج عنه توهين أو إحباط الاعتراف لها بحقوق الإنسان والحريات الأساسية في جميع الميادين وفقاً لتعريف التمييز ضد المرأة بموجب اتفاقية القضاء على جميع أشكال التمييز ضد المرأة. وتؤكد المملكة أن أحكام الشريعة الإسلامية هي المرجعية الأساسية لمسائل الأحوال الشخصية. … وردت العديد من التوصيات التي تطالب بإلغاء نظام الولاية، ويبدو أن ما ورد في تلك التوصيات يقصد به التسلط الذي يمارسه بعض الذكور على بعض الإناث ويمثل انتهاكاً لحقوقهن، وتؤكد المملكة في هذا السياق أن أنظمتها كافة تحمي المرأة من هذا التسلط أو ما يعززه، وأن لمدّعي الضرر اللجوء إلى وسائل الانتصاف، وفي مقدمتها القضاء. وبناءً على ما تقدم؛ فإن جميع التوصيات الواردة في هذا الموضوع حظيت بالتأييد، عدا توصية واحدة حظيت بالتأييد الجزئي، على النحو الآتي.
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State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:SwedenSwedenRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Abolish the male guardianship.Explanationتأخذ أنظمة المملكة بمبدأ المساواة القائمة على التكامل بين الرجل والمرأة، والتي تراعي الخصائص والسمات التي يتمتع بها كل من الجنسين، وتحقق العدل في نهاية المطاف، ولا تتضمن أنظمة المملكة أي تفرقة أو استبعاد أو تقييد للمرأة ينتج عنه توهين أو إحباط الاعتراف لها بحقوق الإنسان والحريات الأساسية في جميع الميادين وفقاً لتعريف التمييز ضد المرأة بموجب اتفاقية القضاء على جميع أشكال التمييز ضد المرأة. وتؤكد المملكة أن أحكام الشريعة الإسلامية هي المرجعية الأساسية لمسائل الأحوال الشخصية. … وردت العديد من التوصيات التي تطالب بإلغاء نظام الولاية، ويبدو أن ما ورد في تلك التوصيات يقصد به التسلط الذي يمارسه بعض الذكور على بعض الإناث ويمثل انتهاكاً لحقوقهن، وتؤكد المملكة في هذا السياق أن أنظمتها كافة تحمي المرأة من هذا التسلط أو ما يعززه، وأن لمدّعي الضرر اللجوء إلى وسائل الانتصاف، وفي مقدمتها القضاء. وبناءً على ما تقدم؛ فإن جميع التوصيات الواردة في هذا الموضوع حظيت بالتأييد، عدا توصية واحدة حظيت بالتأييد الجزئي، على النحو الآتي.
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State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:BoliviaBoliviaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Empowerment of women
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Strengthen programs that expand opportunities to increase women's income, especially in rural areas.Explanationتأخذ أنظمة المملكة بمبدأ المساواة القائمة على التكامل بين الرجل والمرأة، والتي تراعي الخصائص والسمات التي يتمتع بها كل من الجنسين، وتحقق العدل في نهاية المطاف، ولا تتضمن أنظمة المملكة أي تفرقة أو استبعاد أو تقييد للمرأة ينتج عنه توهين أو إحباط الاعتراف لها بحقوق الإنسان والحريات الأساسية في جميع الميادين وفقاً لتعريف التمييز ضد المرأة بموجب اتفاقية القضاء على جميع أشكال التمييز ضد المرأة. وتؤكد المملكة أن أحكام الشريعة الإسلامية هي المرجعية الأساسية لمسائل الأحوال الشخصية. … وردت العديد من التوصيات التي تطالب بإلغاء نظام الولاية، ويبدو أن ما ورد في تلك التوصيات يقصد به التسلط الذي يمارسه بعض الذكور على بعض الإناث ويمثل انتهاكاً لحقوقهن، وتؤكد المملكة في هذا السياق أن أنظمتها كافة تحمي المرأة من هذا التسلط أو ما يعززه، وأن لمدّعي الضرر اللجوء إلى وسائل الانتصاف، وفي مقدمتها القضاء. وبناءً على ما تقدم؛ فإن جميع التوصيات الواردة في هذا الموضوع حظيت بالتأييد، عدا توصية واحدة حظيت بالتأييد الجزئي، على النحو الآتي.
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State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:IndonesiaIndonesiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANOICIssue:
- Marginalized groups of women
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Take further efforts in enhancing the protection of migrant women and girls. -
State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:FranceFranceRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Ratify the ICESCR. -
State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:NorwayNorwayRegional groupWEOGIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Human rights defenders
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Ensure a safe and enabling environment for all human rights defenders, in particular for women human rights defenders and journalists. -
State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Sexuality education
- Contraception
- Sexually transmitted infections
- Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
Type:Review DocumentationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:CEDAW recommended that Saudi Arabia provide comprehensive health services, particularly sexual and reproductive health services; ensure affordable modern forms of contraception; and strengthen prevention of sexually transmitted infections. CRC recommended including sexual and reproductive health education as part of the mandatory school curriculum. [Para 47]
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State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:Musawah … recommended Saudi Arabia to ensure that men and women have equal access to divorce rights and require both husband and wife to be present at the time of divorce and sign divorce papers. [Para 31]