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State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:SpainSpainRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOEIIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Consider ratifying the ICCPR and the ICESCR.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:EgyptEgyptRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALOIFIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Continue taking measures and setting awareness programs aimed at enhancing women's rights in different spheres including programmes that aim at clearing the misconception between Islamic sharia and negative cultural norms. -
State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:New ZealandNew ZealandRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupPIFCommonwealthIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Continue the progress underway and introduce further steps to achieve gender equality, in particular the abolishment of the system of male guardianship.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.ImplementationUN Compilation:
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.
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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.
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State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:ItalyItalyRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Early marriage
- Harmful practices based on cultural / traditional values
- Forced marriage
Type:RecommendationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Redouble its efforts to tackle the practice of forced and early marriage.ExplanationThe Islamic sharia prohibits forced marriage and, under the Kingdom%u2019s regulations, a marriage contract is deemed to be null and void in the absence of proof of the full and free consent of either of the spouses. The marriage of minors is an issue that is currently under study and, consequently, it would be inappropriate to specify a minimum age for marriage before learning the outcome of the study. It should be noted, however, that marriage of minors is a rare occurrence.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 110) Forced marriage is forbidden by Islamic sharia law, which holds that a marriage can only be concluded with the woman’s consent. Sharia law prohibits a woman being prevented from marrying or forced into marriage against her will. A woman may not be prevented from marrying a man who meets the lawful conditions for marriage. The King Abdulaziz Centre for National Dialogue conducted a study in partnership with stakeholders and civil society organizations, which showed that the number of women entering into forced or early marriage continues to decline. The study gave rise to a set of proposals, containing a number of measures and guidelines. Note that article 16 (3) of the implementing regulations for the Child Protection Act stipulates that, before the contract of marriage can be concluded, it must be ascertained that the marriage of a person under the age of 18, whether male or female, shall not cause harm and shall be in the best interests of that person.
UN Compilation:
Para 54) [CEDAW] was also concerned about persisting harmful practices, including child and forced marriage, …
Para 58) [CRC] was seriously concerned that judges had discretion to determine the age of majority and that they frequently authorized the marriage of girls who had attained puberty. It noted that judges often considered underage marriage as being in the best interest of the girl child, leading to multiple violations of girls’ rights. CEDAW noted that a high proportion of girls continued to marry before the age of 18 years.
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Para 39) HRW noted that following its previous UPR in 2013 Saudi Arabia rejected a recommendation to “introduce a minimum marriage age of 18 years for both men and women,” and at this writing no ban on child marriage has yet been passed. Musawah noted that there is no legislation criminalizing forced marriages, nor is there a mechanism to sanction officers conducting them. It stated that under the Law on Child Protection, an advisory committee should examine each case individually to approve marriage to a person below 18. However, the standards to determine the minor’s interests and welfare are unclear, and minors are often not interviewed.
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State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:TurkeyTurkeyRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOICIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's participation
Type:RecommendationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Further increase the attendance of girls in secondary and higher education and the participation of women in the professional sphere.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.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 80) Pursuant to Ministerial Decision no. 89263 (11 July 2017), an initiative was launched by the Ministry of Education, enabling female students to take physical education classes. The initiative aims to construct and equip 500 gymnasiums each year to promote the health of female students.
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Para 49) CEDAW was concerned that access to education for disadvantaged groups of girls remained limited. … UNESCO noted that some girls deprived of a family environment reaching the age of 12 years remained in social education homes; such girls could only acquire life skills while boys in similar situations had access to secondary education opportunities and could participate in social, cultural and sporting activities.
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State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Women's participation
Type:Review DocumentationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:Reference AddressedContents:The Special Rapporteur on violence against women recommended that Saudi Arabia establish the facilities and mechanisms for women's equal participation in all public and private institutions, including law practices and the judiciary. [Para 41] -
State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:SwitzerlandSwitzerlandRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOIFIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:4th session, February 2009Status:RejectedContents:Rapidly ratify and implement OP-CEDAW. -
State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:N/AContents:The Human Rights Commission expresses an opinion on human rights-related bills of law, reviews existing laws and makes proposals concerning their amendment, pursuant to article 5, paragraph 2, of its Statute. It also examined the report prepared by the National Society for Human Rights on the harmonization of Saudi laws with international human rights conventions. On the basis of the activities described above, a number of amendments have been made to various laws, pursuant to royal decrees, as well as to regulations, pursuant to ministerial decisions and circulars, relating to women ... [Para 20] -
State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:AustriaAustriaRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:Partially AcceptedContents:Ratify the ICCPR. -
State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:Republic of KoreaRepublic of KoreaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Strengthen its efforts to abolish the male guardianship system.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:UruguayUruguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Step up efforts to eradicate discrimination against women in the legal sphere and put an end to the practices and stereotypes that discriminate against women, such as male guardianship system, as recommended previously.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:BahrainBahrainRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Intensify efforts to protect children and women from all forms of violence and exploitation.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:AfghanistanAfghanistanRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Consider acceding to the ICCPR. -
State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:DjiboutiDjiboutiRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALOIFIssue:
- Trafficking in women and / or girls
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Continue the efforts made to combat trafficking in human beings, particularly the exploitation of children and women by fully implementing the national plan against trafficking in human beings 2017-2020. -
State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- HIV and AIDS
Type:Review DocumentationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:N/AContents:Particular achievements have been to ... reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS ... [Para 95] -
State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Sexual harassment
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:The ILO Committee of Experts called on Saudi Arabia to address and prevent effectively all forms of sex discrimination, including sexual harassment. [Para 42]
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State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Marginalized groups of women
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:CEDAW recommended that Saudi Arabia regularize the situation of stateless women and ensure their right to nationality without discrimination. [Para 73]
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State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Gender equality
- Empowerment of women
Type:Review DocumentationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:Reference AddressedContents:CEDAW recommended the adoption of a national strategy to support gender equality and the empowerment of women, and a related plan of action. [Para 12]
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State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:Outcome ReportIssue:
- Human rights defenders
Type:CommentSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:N/AContents:Organization for Defending Victims of Violence ... urged Saudi Arabia to amend the definition of terrorism in the counter-terrorism and cybercrime laws, so that it does not lead to prosecution of women’s rights defenders, [Para 364] -
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:Monthly social security benefits are paid to the following categories: orphans, persons incapacitated from work, the elderly, women without providers (divorcees, widows, widows with orphaned children, spinsters, and women whose provider is absent), families without providers, and categories that do not qualify for the acquisition of Saudi nationality, namely:
- Children of a Saudi mother and a non-Saudi father, and foreign women married to Saudis or who are their widows and who have children by them. [Para 47] -
State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Early marriage
- Gender equality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:4th session, February 2009Status:Reference AddressedContents:CEDAW urged Saudi Arabia to prescribe and enforce a minimum age of marriage of 18 years for both women and men ... [Para 37] -
State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:AustriaAustriaRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:4th session, February 2009Status:AcceptedContents:Increase efforts to bring legislation in line with the principle of equality between women and men as well as to develop human rights education programs for its citizens to increase awareness of their rights under international human rights instruments.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 48) Political and public participation: Pursuant to Royal Decree No. A/44 of 12 January 2013, article 3 of the Shura Council Act was amended to enable women, who had until then participated in the work of the Council as advisors only, to acquire full membership of the Council and occupy a minimum of 20 per cent of the seats. The members of the new session of the Shura Council were designated pursuant to Royal Decree No. A/45, promulgated on 12 January 2013, and included 30 women.
Para 49) Approval has been given for women to stand for and be elected to membership of municipal councils as from the next session in 2014. Saudi women hold high public office and are now important partners in influential political decision-making, serving as they do in leadership positions as ministers, deputy ministers and senior officials.
Para 50) Chapter IV, section II, of the Enforcement Act includes provisions on enforcement in matters of personal status and addresses the topics of custody, maintenance, visits and marital issues. In the interests of family conciliation, mediation sections were set up in the courts and in non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in order to resolve problems and ensure family welfare. These sections play a ground-breaking role in bringing about domestic harmony.
Para 52) ... For its part, the Ministry of Labour has issued a number of decisions designed to accelerate the recruitment of women in various private-sector spheres (including women's shops, retailing and factories).
Para 55) Raising awareness of women's rights: Government entities and civil society organizations together ran a national campaign to raise women's awareness of the laws and measures in place to protect their rights, particularly with respect to, inter alia, social welfare services and personal status procedures for the registration of marriages, divorces and births. In parallel with these efforts, such NGOs as Mawwadah, which is concerned with women's affairs, implemented a number of voluntary programmes for providing legal, social and psychological advice to women.
Para 56) Saudi women married to non-nationals: Pursuant to Cabinet Decision No. 406 of 12 November 2012, approval was given for the sponsorship of children of Saudi women married to non-nationals to be transferred to their mother if they are resident in the Kingdom. If they are abroad, their mother is entitled to send for them and the State shoulders the cost of their resident permits. They are also permitted to work in the private sector without any transfer of the sponsorship. They receive the same schooling and medical treatment as any Saudi and are included in the Saudization percentages for the private sector. Saudi women married to non-nationals are further permitted to bring their spouse to the Kingdom if he is abroad or, if he is resident in the Kingdom and so wishes, to have his sponsorship transferred to her. The spouse is also permitted to work in the private sector, provided that he has a recognized passport. In addition, pursuant to Cabinet Decision No. 152 of 25 March 2013, female international scholarship students married to non-nationals are awarded the same monthly allowance as women married to Saudi men.
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Para 61) JS4, JS1, ECLJ and HRW noted that although recommendations 17, 18, 19 and 20 had been accepted during the 2009 UPR, little has been done to genuinely implement them. -
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.
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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:MaldivesMaldivesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICCommonwealthIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:RejectedContents:Expedite ratification of the ICCPR and ICESCR as was accepted by the Government at the first UPR.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:MoroccoMoroccoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupOICALOIFIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Consider legislating a special personal status law that would contribute to the strengthening of women's rights.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.