UPR Info

Ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.

Adopt legislative measures to outlaw domestic violence if it has not done so already

Implement in good faith relevant provisions of the Resolution 1648 (2009) adopted by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Eliminate use of the death penalty

Issue and implement a standing invitation to all United Nations Special Procedures

Ratify the Protocol No. 14 to the European Convention on Human Rights

Increase its efforts and take concrete policy measures in order to promote tolerance and non-discrimination of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and transgender persons

Continue its efforts to reduce the number of children without parental care particularly by stepping up the work already undertaken to overcome this phenomena

Continue its policy to ensure gender equality aimed at upholding the rights of women

Establish a broad based media information campaign on the rights of migrants in Arabic and in the languages of main groups of migrants

Develop a comprehensive national action plan for the promotion of gender equality, with a view to addressing key challenges facing women

Swiftly promulgate the statute on civil societies, which will enable the civil society to perform its tasks effectively and in full autonomy

Become a party to the ICCPR and ICESCR

Continue to take further action to ensure equal enjoyment of human rights by Roma people.

Continue to take further action to combat the prevalence of HIV-AIDS among children and discrimination against people living with HIV-AIDS by providing adequate treatment and information

Harmonize further its legislation in the field of religious freedom with international standards

Comply with the provisional measures prescribed by the International Court of Justice

Take measures to make the juvenile justice system more effective, in particular by ensuring the separate detention of juveniles as well as expeditious access of juveniles to legal counsels

Amend legal provisions to guarantee equality between men and women, prevent violence against women, prevent threats to the safety and integrity of persons deprived of their liberty, guarantee non-discrimination on grounds of religion, belief and ethnicity, also for foreign workers, and to achieve effective implementation of these provisions

Adopt all necessary measures to incriminate violence against women and to conduct a resolute penal policy to combat this scourge.

Abolish the guardianship system which severely limits the rights of women to act as autonomous and equal members of Saudi society

Eradicate hate-speech against minorities and establish oversight mechanisms to ensure the elimination of all forms of discrimination

Strengthen the criminal procedural code and the code of practice of lawyers and ensure that they are in line with international standards

Develop a national strategy for human rights education in the school system in accordance with the Plan of Action 2005-2009 of the World Programme for Human Rights Education, including the review and revision of curricula and textbooks, the training of teachers, and the practice of human rights in the school community.

Abolish completely the system of propiska and adopt further measures to ensure that both its legal system and practice comply with the protection of freedom of movement

Consider a comprehensive approach and specific programs to combat racist attacks and discrimination, especially with regard to the vulnerable position of migrants

Implement the recommendations raised by CERD as to how to improve the situation of the indigenous communities

Strengthen its efforts to protect the rights to freedom of religion by ensuring that persons belonging to religious minorities are able to freely exercise their religion and that rights of persons belonging to religious minorities are protected and respected without discrimination.

Effectively investigate and punish crimes that have been committed against leaders of Ukrainian associations in 2002-2006

Respect and protect the ability of human rights defenders and lawyers to carry out their work without hindrance, intimidation or harassment, in line with the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Defenders and the United Nations Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers