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SAUDI ARABIA
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Accessed Date:
25 October 2013
Title:
Présentation de l'Arabie saoudite
Source:
France. Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement international.
Date of Document:
4 May 2023
Accessed Date:
22 March 2024
Title:
Saudi Arabia. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
7 August 2024
Accessed Date:
23 August 2024
Title:
Saudi Arabia: Background and U.S. Relations
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
2 October 2023
Author:
Christopher M. Blanchard
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
Saudi Arabia. Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Asia and the Pacific, 2018.
Source:
United States. Social Security Administration.
Date of Document:
March 2019
Accessed Date:
11 January 2021
Title:
Saudi Arabia. BTI 2024 Country Report.
Date of Document:
March 2024
Accessed Date:
22 March 2024
Title:
Arabie Saoudite. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
9 June 2024
Accessed Date:
31 July 2024
Title:
Saudi Arabia: A Changing Kingdom and Partnership. In Focus.
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
25 March 2024
Author:
Christopher M. Blanchard
Accessed Date:
23 August 2024
Title:
Saudi Arabia. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
22 April 2024
Accessed Date:
19 May 2024
Title:
Saudi Arabia. Amnesty International Report 2023/24: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
23 April 2024
Accessed Date:
31 July 2024
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with Human Rights Council resolutions 5/1 and 16/1: Saudi Arabia
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/45/SAU/1
Source:
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Date of Document:
13 November 2023
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
Saudi Arabia. Freedom in the World 2024.
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
Saudi Arabia. World Report 2024: Events of 2023.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2024
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
Summary of stakeholders' submissions on Saudi Arabia
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/45/SAU/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
10 November 2023
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
Compilation on Saudi Arabia
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/45/SAU/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
13 November 2023
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
Saudi Arabia: New Counterterrorism Law Enables Abuse
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
23 November 2017
Accessed Date:
28 August 2024
Title:
Saudi Arabia: Condemned to silence: The situation of women human rights defenders
Source:
International Federation for Human Rights; World Organization Against Torture
Date of Document:
January 2018
Editor:
Alexandra Poméon; Delphine Reculeau
Accessed Date:
21 February 2018
Title:
Annex to the Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions: Investigation into the unlawful death of Mr. Jamal Khashoggi
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
19 June 2019
Accessed Date:
21 February 2020
Title:
The High Cost of Change: Repression Under Saudi Crown Prince Tarnishes Reforms
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
October 2019
Accessed Date:
22 March 2024
Title:
Combined tenth and eleventh periodic reports submitted by Saudi Arabia under article 9 of the Convention, due in 2020
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Date of Document:
27 February 2023
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
Saudi Arabia. Out of Sight, Not Out of Reach: The Global Scale and Scope of Transnational Repression.
Author:
Nate Schenkkan; Isabel Linzer
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Saudi Arabia: Alarming crackdown on online expression
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
14 February 2023
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
Saudi Arabia: Eliminating Dissent
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
July 2023
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
Authorities continue to persecute imprisoned human rights defenders and other activists
Source:
Gulf Center for Human Rights
Date of Document:
20 September 2023
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
The Saudi Human Rights Commission: A whitewashing tool of the Kingdom
Source:
MENA Rights Group
Date of Document:
November 2023
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
Saudi Arabia: Football Fans Imprisoned for Chant
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
28 March 2024
Accessed Date:
31 July 2024
Title:
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review: Saudi Arabia
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Committee.
Date of Document:
14 March 2024
Accessed Date:
31 July 2024
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Rights of non-citizens born in Saudi Arabia to non-citizen Saudi-born parents, including residency, employment, education and access to social services; whether a non-citizen can return to Saudi Arabia after the 'Return Before' date on their ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 May 2015
Accessed Date:
9 October 2015
Title:
Situation of Bidoons, including ability to obtain a passport; whether a person born to a Saudi mother and Bidoon father can obtain Saudi citizenship, and would be issued a Saudi passport as a minor (2014-June 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 June 2016
Accessed Date:
28 November 2016
Title:
Circumstances under which the government revokes citizenship, including effect on children and spouses; possibility of reobtaining citizenship (2014-September 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 November 2016
Accessed Date:
28 November 2016
Title:
Saudi Arabian Citizenship System
Accessed Date:
9 February 2018
Title:
Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates: Work and residence permits; citizenship rights for children born to Syrians in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 August 2014
Accessed Date:
28 August 2014
Title:
Saudi Arabian Investor Class Visas: An Overview. Explanatory Note No. 6/2014.
Source:
Migration Policy Center; Gulf Research Center
Accessed Date:
9 February 2018
Title:
Residency permits through sponsorship, including the foreigner's family members eligible to be sponsored; the process for a sponsor to revoke their sponsorship and whether the foreigner receives documention that the sponsorship has been ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
23 January 2019
Accessed Date:
26 February 2019
Title:
Range of documents and information available to an individual through the Ministry of Interior (MOI) website; information required in order to access personal information through government websites (2015-December 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 January 2019
Accessed Date:
26 February 2019
Title:
Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council at the 31st Session of the Universal Periodic Review: Saudi Arabia
Source:
Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion et al.
Date of Document:
29 March 2018
Accessed Date:
21 February 2020
Title:
Saudi Arabia. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
23 August 2024
Title:
Report on Citizenship Law: Saudi Arabia
Code:
RSC/GLOBALCIT-CR 2022/03
Source:
European University Institute. Global Citizenship Observatory.
Date of Document:
July 2022
Accessed Date:
21 March 2023
Title:
Saudi Arabia: Labor Reforms Insufficient
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
25 March 2021
Accessed Date:
11 March 2022
Title:
COI Query Response. Saudi Arabia: Migrant workers, including Yeminis.
Source:
European Union. European Union Agency for Asylum.
Date of Document:
11 March 2022
Accessed Date:
17 March 2022
Title:
Saudi Arabia: ID documents for foreign nationals
Source:
Norway. Norwegian Country of Origin Information Centre, Landinfo.
Date of Document:
16 December 2022
Accessed Date:
21 March 2023
Title:
Saudi Arabia Amends Its Citizenship Law
Source:
The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington
Date of Document:
23 March 2023
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
Saudi Arabia: New Penalties on Saudi Private Entities Employing Illegal Residents Implemented
Source:
United States. Law Library of Congress. Global Legal Monitor.
Date of Document:
11 September 2023
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
Saudi Arabia: New Rules Issued Regulating Foreign National Residency Visas
Source:
United States. Law Library of Congress. Global Legal Monitor.
Date of Document:
15 February 2024
Accessed Date:
31 July 2024
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
About parliament; Election results. Saudi Arabia: Shura Council.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Accessed Date:
24 March 2022
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Saudi Arabia: New Personal Status Law Codifies Discrimination Against Women
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
8 March 2023
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
Saudi Arabia. Women's Mobility within the Country. Trapped: How Male Guardianship Policies Restrict Women's Travel and Mobility in the Middle East and North Africa.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
July 2023
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined third and fourth periodic reports of Saudi Arabia
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
14 March 2018
Accessed Date:
20 February 2019
Title:
Saudi Arabia. Overview of Muslim Family Laws and Practices.
Date of Document:
March 2018
Accessed Date:
21 February 2020
Title:
Hollow Words, Empty Reforms: Saudi Arabia's Effective Refusal to Reform Women's Rights
Source:
Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain; Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy
Date of Document:
8 June 2017
Accessed Date:
9 February 2018
Title:
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Gender Justice and the Law
Source:
United Nations Development Programme et al.
Date of Document:
December 2019
Accessed Date:
26 January 2021
Title:
Fifth periodic report submitted By Saudi Arabia under article 18 of the Convention, due in 2022
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
22 June 2023
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
Dead-Letter Reforms: Saudi Women's Rights Still at Risk
Source:
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor
Date of Document:
March 2020
Accessed Date:
12 January 2021
Title:
Saudi Arabia: 10 Reasons Why Women Flee
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
30 January 2019
Accessed Date:
12 January 2021
Title:
Saudi Arabia's Absher App: Controlling Women's Travel While Offering Government Services
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
6 May 2019
Accessed Date:
12 January 2021
Title:
Saudi Arabia: Law Enshrines Male Guardianship
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
8 March 2023
Accessed Date:
21 March 2023
Title:
Concluding observations on the report submitted by Saudi Arabia under article 12 (1) of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
Code:
CRC/C/OPSC/SAU/CO/1
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Date of Document:
31 October 2018
Accessed Date:
12 January 2021
Title:
Concluding observations on the report submitted by Saudi Arabia under article 8 (1) of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict
Code:
CRC/C/OPAC/SAU/CO/1
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Date of Document:
31 October 2018
Accessed Date:
12 January 2021
Title:
Saudi Arabia: Abusive Charges Against Women Activists
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
21 March 2019
Accessed Date:
12 January 2021
Title:
Where the abused are abused: Welcome to Saudi Arabia's shelters for women and girls
Date of Document:
3 May 2022
Accessed Date:
21 March 2023
Title:
Fighting Domestic Violence: Saudi Arabia
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
Notable Reforms of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the Women's Rights to eliminate the Discrimination against Women
Date of Document:
14 February 2023
Accessed Date:
28 August 2024
Title:
Arabie saoudite : Le mariage
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
5 January 2024
Accessed Date:
31 July 2024
Title:
Integration of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Primary Health Care for Children, Adolescents, Pregnant Women and New Mothers in the Middle East and North Africa Region. Saudi Arabia Country Report 2024.
Source:
United Nations Children's Fund Middle East and North Africa Regional Office et al.
Date of Document:
May 2024
Accessed Date:
31 July 2024
Title:
Saudi Arabia. Our Identities Under Arrest: A global overview on the enforcement of laws criminalizing consensual same-sex sexual acts between adults and diverse gender expressions.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
November 2023
Author:
Kellyn Botha et al.
Editor:
Lucas Ramón Mendos
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
Situation of homosexuals, including laws, their treatment by society and government authorities, and the organizations available to assist them
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 August 2011
Accessed Date:
22 November 2012
Title:
Arabie saoudite : La situation des minorités sexuelles et de genre
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
30 September 2016
Accessed Date:
13 February 2018
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Saudi Arabia: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2024.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
24 June 2024
Accessed Date:
28 August 2024
Title:
OSAC Country Security Report. Saudi Arabia.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
7 November 2023
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
Saudi Arabia. Country Reports on Terrorism 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
30 November 2023
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
Saudi Arabia: New Mass Corruption Arrests
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
17 March 2020
Accessed Date:
12 January 2021
Title:
Saudi Arabia. Global Organized Crime Index.
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
Saudi Arabia's Human Trafficking Mechanisms
Source:
Human Rights Foundation. Center for Law and Democracy.
Date of Document:
August 2023
Author:
Bethany Alhaidari
Accessed Date:
31 July 2024
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Saudi Arabia
Source:
United Nations. Committee against Torture.
Date of Document:
8 June 2016
Accessed Date:
7 November 2016
Title:
The Saudi Presidency of State Security: An Arm of Repression in the Crown Prince's Kingdom
Source:
MENA Rights Group
Date of Document:
June 2022
Accessed Date:
21 March 2023
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism on his visit to Saudi Arabia
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
13 December 2018
Accessed Date:
21 February 2020
Title:
Update: An Overview of the Saudi Arabian Legal System
Date of Document:
August 2020
Author:
Abdullah F. Ansary
Accessed Date:
28 August 2024
Title:
Muzzling critical voices: Politicized trials before Saudi Arabia's specialized criminal court
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
6 February 2020
Accessed Date:
12 January 2021
Title:
Detention Review Panel into Women Activist Detainees in Saudi Arabia
Source:
The Detention Review Panel
Date of Document:
February 2019
Accessed Date:
12 January 2021
Title:
Saudi Arabia: Collective Punishment for Ex-Official's Children
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
25 July 2021
Accessed Date:
11 March 2022
Title:
“This is worse than COVID-19”: Ethiopians abandoned and abused in Saudi prisons
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
2 October 2020
Accessed Date:
12 January 2021
Title:
Immigration Detention in Saudi Arabia
Source:
Global Detention Project
Date of Document:
January 2016
Accessed Date:
11 March 2022
Title:
Saudi Arabia Executes Two Shi'a Bahrainis on Terrorism Charges
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
2 June 2023
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
Saudi Arabia: Mass execution of 81 men shows urgent need to abolish the death penalty
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
15 March 2022
Accessed Date:
17 March 2022
Title:
Execution in Saudi Arabia 2023: Ongoing Bloodshed with Unusual Sentences
Source:
European Saudi Organization for Human Rights
Date of Document:
January 2024
Accessed Date:
31 July 2024
Title:
Saudi Arabia executes 7 on ‘terror' charges
Source:
Middle East Monitor
Date of Document:
28 February 2024
Accessed Date:
31 July 2024
Title:
Manifesto for Repression: Saudi Arabia's forthcoming penal code must uphold human rights in line with international law and standards
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
March 2024
Accessed Date:
31 July 2024
Title:
Al-Qatif as a Reflection of Oppression: 40% of Saudi Arabia's political executions are allocated to one city
Source:
European Saudi Organisation for Human Rights
Date of Document:
20 March 2024
Accessed Date:
31 July 2024
Title:
Saudi Arabia: Halt Executions of Child Offenders
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
29 April 2024
Accessed Date:
31 July 2024
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Saudi Arabia. The Law on Police Use of Force Worldwide.
Source:
University of Pretoria. Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa.
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
Saudi Arabia: Political and Legal Context. Intentionally Vague: How Saudi Arabia and Egypt Abuse Legal Systems to Supress Online Speech.
Source:
Atlantic Council; Digital Forensic Research Lab
Date of Document:
June 2024
Author:
Dina Sadek et al.
Editor:
Dina Sadek et al.
Accessed Date:
31 July 2024
Title:
Saudi Arabia. Freedom on the Net 2023.
Editor:
Adrian Shahbaz et al.
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
Saudi Arabia. World Press Freedom Index 2024.
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
Accessed Date:
31 July 2024
Title:
Saudi Arabia. International Religious Freedom Report for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
26 June 2024
Accessed Date:
31 July 2024
Title:
Saudi Arabia. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. 2024 Annual Report.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
1 May 2024
Accessed Date:
31 July 2024
Title:
“They Are Not Our Brothers”: Hate Speech by Saudi Officials
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
26 September 2017
Accessed Date:
13 February 2018
Title:
Saudi Arabia. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
March 2018
Accessed Date:
21 February 2019
Title:
Voice for the Voiceless: Religious and Cultural Discrimination in Saudi Arabia.
Source:
Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain; The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy
Date of Document:
February 2017
Accessed Date:
13 February 2018
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Treatment of racial minorities, particularly black African Saudi nationals, by society and authorities (2012-2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 January 2014
Accessed Date:
26 October 2015
Title:
Residence status of foreign husbands married to Saudi women and children born to foreign fathers and Saudi mothers, including access to employment, education, health care and other services, and the ability to travel in and out of the...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
31 January 2018
Accessed Date:
14 February 2018
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined fourth to ninth periodic reports of Saudi Arabia
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Date of Document:
8 June 2018
Accessed Date:
21 February 2019
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Exit procedures and documents required for resident foreigners who leave the country; exit visas and their appearance; whether the Iqama is cancelled when a resident leaves the country; whether someone holding a valid Iqama can return to the country after leaving; whether foreign workers who are forced to retire can remain in the country.
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 January 2016
Accessed Date:
28 November 2016
Title:
Palestine and Saudi Arabia: Residence status of stateless Palestinians, including access to employment, education, health care and other services, and the ability to travel in and out of the country; requirements and procedures to renew...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 November 2017
Accessed Date:
26 April 2018
Title:
Yemen: Houthis Kill, Expel Ethiopian Migrants; Saudis Fire on Survivors, Detain Hundreds in Appalling Conditions
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
13 August 2020
Accessed Date:
12 January 2021
Title:
Information on the availability of healthcare benefits for Palestinian foreign workers; whether Palestinian foreign workers who do not pay their medical bills are subject to criminal or civil prosecution, including associated penalties and ..
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 August 2017
Accessed Date:
20 January 2021
Title:
Arabie saoudite : Les travailleurs étrangers
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
3 January 2022
Accessed Date:
23 March 2023
Title:
'It's like we are not human': Forced returns, abhorrent detention conditions of Ethiopian migrants in Saudi Arabia
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
16 December 2022
Accessed Date:
21 March 2023
Title:
“They Fired on Us Like Rain”
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
21 August 2023
Editor:
Bill Frelick et al.
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
“Don't worry, it's a branch of Amazon”
Source:
Amnesty International
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 31 May 2024:
Title:
Saudi Arabia. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
13 March 2024
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/saudi-arabia
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
Arabie Saoudite. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
22 December 2023
URL:
https://www.axl.cefan.ulaval.ca/asie/arabie-saoudite.htm
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
22 November 2023
URL:
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF10822
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
Saudi Arabia. Amnesty International Report 2022/23: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
27 March 2023
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/POL1056702023ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
29 March 2023
Title:
Saudi Arabia. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
URL:
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/SaudiArabia.html
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
Saudi Arabia: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2023
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-trafficking-in-persons-report/saudi-arabia/
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
Saudi Arabia. World Press Freedom Index 2023.
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
URL:
https://rsf.org/en/country/saudi-arabia
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
Saudi Arabia. International Religious Freedom Report for 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
15 May 2023
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-report-on-international-religious-freedom/saudi-arabia/
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
Saudi Arabia. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. 2023 Annual Report.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
April 2023
URL:
https://www.uscirf.gov/sites/default/files/2023-05/Saudi%20Arabia.pdf
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
‘New' Saudi Arabia ushers in even more repressive climate for journalists
Source:
Committee to Protect Journalists
Date of Document:
25 September 2018
URL:
https://cpj.org/2018/09/new-saudi-arabia-ushers-in-even-more-repressive-cl/
Accessed Date:
12 January 2021
Title:
Saudi Arabia: Football Fans Imprisoned for Chant
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
28 March 2024
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/03/28/saudi-arabia-football-fans-imprisoned-chant
Accessed Date:
31 July 2024
Title:
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review: Saudi Arabia
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Committee.
Date of Document:
14 March 2024
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/56/4
Accessed Date:
31 July 2024
Title:
Saudi Arabia: New Rules Issued Regulating Foreign National Residency Visas
Source:
United States. Law Library of Congress. Global Legal Monitor.
Date of Document:
15 February 2024
URL:
https://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2024-02-14/saudi-arabia-new-rules-issued-regulating-foreign-national-residency-visas/
Accessed Date:
31 July 2024
Title:
Arabie saoudite : Le mariage
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
5 January 2024
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2401_sau_le_mariage_160434_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
31 July 2024
Title:
Integration of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Primary Health Care for Children, Adolescents, Pregnant Women and New Mothers in the Middle East and North Africa Region. Saudi Arabia Country Report 2024.
Source:
United Nations Children's Fund Middle East and North Africa Regional Office et al.
Date of Document:
May 2024
URL:
https://www.unicef.org/gulf/media/2151/file
Accessed Date:
31 July 2024
Title:
Saudi Arabia's Human Trafficking Mechanisms
Source:
Human Rights Foundation. Center for Law and Democracy.
Date of Document:
August 2023
Author:
Bethany Alhaidari
URL:
https://hrf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Saudi-Arabias-Human-Trafficking-Mechanisms-Report.pdf
Accessed Date:
31 July 2024
Title:
Execution in Saudi Arabia 2023: Ongoing Bloodshed with Unusual Sentences
Source:
European Saudi Organization for Human Rights
Date of Document:
January 2024
URL:
https://www.esohr.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Execution_in_Saudi_Arabia_2023_Ongoing_Bloodshed_with_Unusual_Sentences.pdf
Accessed Date:
31 July 2024
Title:
Saudi Arabia executes 7 on ‘terror' charges
Source:
Middle East Monitor
Date of Document:
28 February 2024
URL:
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240228-saudi-arabia-executes-7-on-terror-charges/
Accessed Date:
31 July 2024
Title:
Manifesto for Repression: Saudi Arabia's forthcoming penal code must uphold human rights in line with international law and standards
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
March 2024
URL:
https://www.amnesty.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/MDE-23.7783.2024-Manifesto-for-Repression-Final-Report-EN.pdf
Accessed Date:
31 July 2024
Title:
Al-Qatif as a Reflection of Oppression: 40% of Saudi Arabia's political executions are allocated to one city
Source:
European Saudi Organisation for Human Rights
Date of Document:
20 March 2024
URL:
https://www.esohr.org/en/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%81-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A2%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%85%D8%B9-40-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A5%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A/
Accessed Date:
31 July 2024
Title:
Saudi Arabia: Halt Executions of Child Offenders
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
29 April 2024
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/04/29/saudi-arabia-halt-executions-child-offenders
Accessed Date:
31 July 2024
Title:
Saudi Arabia: Political and Legal Context. Intentionally Vague: How Saudi Arabia and Egypt Abuse Legal Systems to Supress Online Speech.
Source:
Atlantic Council; Digital Forensic Research Lab
Date of Document:
June 2024
Author:
Dina Sadek et al.
Editor:
Dina Sadek et al.
URL:
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Intentionally-vague-How-Saudi-Arabia-and-Egypt-abuse-legal-systems-to-suppress-online-speech.pdf
Accessed Date:
31 July 2024
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