122.5.7
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Date added
- May 18, 2020
122.5.6
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Date added
- May 18, 2020
122.5.5
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Date added
- May 18, 2020
122.5.4
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Date added
- May 18, 2020
122.5.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accede to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Date added
- May 18, 2020
122.5.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accede to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Date added
- May 18, 2020
122.4.3
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider acceding to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- International instruments
- Date added
- May 18, 2020
122.3.3
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Become a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- International instruments
- Date added
- May 1, 2020
122.4.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue considering accession to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- International instruments
- Date added
- May 1, 2020
122.5.3
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Become a party to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Date added
- May 1, 2020
122.6.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue considering accession to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Date added
- May 1, 2020
122.6.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider accession to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Date added
- May 1, 2020
122.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to accede to additional international treaties on human rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
122.165
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend the Law on Associations and Foundations to bring it into full conformity with international law and standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
- International instruments
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
122.154
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Bring its law into line with international standards under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights for the exercise of the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- International instruments
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
122.148
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Revise all legislation that restricts the right to freedom of association and peaceful assembly as well as freedom of expression, and ensure these laws are in line with international standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- International instruments
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
122.112
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend the Juveniles Act in order to prohibit the death penalty for all persons under 18 at the time of committing the offence, in line with article 37 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
122.110
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that capital punishment is not imposed; ensure strict compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child prohibiting the death penalty for offences committed below the age of 18, and review the cases of prisoners currently under a death sentence with the aim of commuting their sentences
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- Detention
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
122.101
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Declare a moratorium on the death penalty with a view to its abolition and expressly prohibit the condemnation of minors to the death penalty in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, that Saudi Arabia has ratified
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
122.72
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen its compliance with international humanitarian law in its actions taken outside of its territory
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
122.51
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guarantee the compatibility of the national human rights strategy with international standards, especially those core human rights treaties to which Saudi Arabia is a party
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
122.44
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to work on amending and developing domestic laws in line with international human rights standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
122.37
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue engaging with the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and implementing all its recommendations on remaining issues, especially the withdrawal of the general reservation to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Treaty bodies
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
122.35
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider further amendments to its legal frameworks in compliance with international human rights standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
122.34
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Withdraw its reservation to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, which gives precedence to sharia law
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
122.33
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal its reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and eliminate domestic provisions regulating legal capacity, divorce, guardianship systems and inheritance that currently discriminate against women, and advance women’s and girls’ sexual and reproductive health and rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
122.32
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Withdraw the reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and take actions to modify discriminatory attitudes towards women, such as the male guardianship system
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
122.31
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court as well as the Kampala amendments to the Rome Statute
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
122.30
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
As previously recommended, consider ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
- Justice
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
122.29
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- International instruments
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020