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Saudi Arabia

Status of Ratifications
Reporting Status
Standing invitation to Special Procedures
(No invitation extended)
Voluntary Pledges and Commitments

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Saudi Arabia and UN Charter-based Bodies

Saudi Arabia and UN Treaty Bodies

Universal Periodic Review

Core documents for the current and previous cycles

Special Procedures

Country visits by Special Procedures

Most recent Special Procedures' reports

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism - Mission to Saudi Arabia (A/HRC/40/52/Add.2)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights - Mission to Saudi Arabia (A/HRC/35/26/Add.3)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences - Mission to Saudi Arabia (A/HRC/11/6/Add.3)

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Most recent concluding observations

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Concluding observations (2019) CRPD/C/SAU/CO/1

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict
Concluding observations (2018) CRC/C/OPAC/SAU/CO/1

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography
Concluding observations (2018) CRC/C/OPSC/SAU/CO/1

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Concluding observations (2018) CERD/C/SAU/CO/4-9

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Concluding observations (2018) CEDAW/C/SAU/CO/3-4

Committee on the Rights of the Child
Concluding observations (2016) CRC/C/SAU/CO/3-4

Committee against Torture
Concluding observations (2016) CAT/C/SAU/CO/2

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OHCHR in Saudi Arabia

The Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) for Human Rights Capacity Development in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia commenced in 2014, based on a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government. The Programme is supported by a team based in Riyadh under the OHCHR Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa, based in Beirut Lebanon. More about OHCHR in Saudi Arabia.

Contact Information

Headquarters

Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division (FOTCD)
Contact is in Geneva, Switzerland.

Middle East and North Africa Section
Tel. + 41 22 917 9777

Regional Office of Middle East and North Africa Website

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