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State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:PortugalPortugalRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOEIIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Ratify the ICCPR. -
State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:TunisiaTunisiaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALOIFIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Continue considering the accession to the ICESCR. -
State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:EstoniaEstoniaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:RejectedContents:Repeal its reservations to the CEDAW and eliminate domestic provisions regulating legal capacity, divorce and guardianship systems and inheritance that currently discriminate against women, and advance women’s and girls’ sexual and reproductive health and rights. -
State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Intersex persons' rights
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
- Other
- Discrimination based on gender identity
- Rights of same-sex desiring persons
- Transgender persons' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:CRC remained concerned that ... lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex children, children with disabilities, children born out of wedlock, ... continued to be subjected to persistent discrimination. It urged Saudi Arabia to eliminate de jure and de facto discrimination on any grounds against all children, and to conduct awareness-raising campaigns to eliminate the stigma attached to children born out of wedlock. [Para 11] -
State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Early marriage
- Forced marriage
Type:Review DocumentationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:CRC urged Saudi Arabia to set the minimum age of marriage at 18 years for both girls and boys and to eliminate child marriage, including forced marriage. [Para 58]
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State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Sexual abuse
- Marginalized groups of women
Type:Review DocumentationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:ICTUR welcomed the Order No. 310 of 2013. However, it stated that domestic workers continue to face abusive employer practices, such as retention of passports, non-payment of wages, poor conditions of work, limitations to their liberty, and physical and sexual abuse. [Para 43]
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State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:South AfricaSouth AfricaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUCommonwealthIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:4th session, February 2009Status:AcceptedContents:Develop a comprehensive national action plan for the promotion of gender equality, with a view to addressing key challenges facing women.ImplementationStakeholder Summary:
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:UN CompilationIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:4th session, February 2009Status:NeglectedContents:Introduce legislative reforms to provide women with equal rights in marriage, divorce, the custody of children and inheritance. [Para 37; CEDAW] -
State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:ItalyItalyRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:4th session, February 2009Status:RejectedContents:Consider the withdrawal of the general reservation made upon ratification of CEDAW, whereby, in the event of a conflict between the provisions of Islamic law and those of the Convention, the former shall prevail. -
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: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: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: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.
UN Compilation:
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:IcelandIcelandRegional groupWEOGIssue:
- Gender equality
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Ensure women's equality with men before the law and the enjoyment of all human rights, including the rights to freedom of movement, education, employment, marriage, and protection from violence in the home and family.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:GermanyGermanyRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Continue to reform the male guardianship system to reduce the areas in which men and women are legally treated differently.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:EritreaEritreaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Fast track steps towards implementation of programme on gender parity and improve the livelihood of people with disabilities and those vulnerable inherent in any society.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:MexicoMexicoRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Ratify the ICCPR. -
State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:PortugalPortugalRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOEIIssue:
- 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:CzechiaCzechiaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:RejectedContents:Set a clear time frame for the ratification without reservation of ICCPR, ICESCR, ... and OP–CEDAW and review all reservations in CRC … -
State Under Review:Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:United KingdomUnited KingdomRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUCommonwealthIssue:
- Early marriage
- Harmful practices based on cultural / traditional values
Type:CommentSession:4th session, February 2009Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland considered that Saudi Arabia could do more in leading society away from cultural practices such as the marriage of young children.