TY - JOUR ID - 56445 TI - The United Nations Human Rights Council and the situation of human rights in Saudi Arabia JO - Public Law Studies Quarterly JA - JPLSQ LA - en SN - 2423-8120 AU - Sadat Akhavi, Seyyed Ali AU - Khodashenas, Abbas AD - Assistant Professor, International Relations Department, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran AD - MSc. of International Law, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, University of Tehran Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2016 PY - 2016 VL - 45 IS - 4 SP - 691 EP - 713 KW - human rights KW - Human Rights Council KW - Saudi Arabia KW - special rapporteurs KW - United Nations KW - universal periodic review DO - 10.22059/jplsq.2016.56445 N2 - Pursuant to the establishment of the united nation human rights council, human rights situation in Saudi Arabia has been considered and evaluated in many cases. First we are going to study on the universal periodic review and then we will examine the periodic review outcome reports of Saudi Arabia in the years 2009 and 2003. In these reports we will read recommendation of other countries and the replies presented by the state. After that we will proceed to study on the reports of special rapporteurs. Such reports incorporate many human rights cases like: false arrests, freedom of religion, violence against women, refugees’ rights, forced disappearance, human rights activists’ situations, torture and other inhuman or degrading treatments and freedom of expression and thought. UR - https://jplsq.ut.ac.ir/article_56445.html L1 - https://jplsq.ut.ac.ir/article_56445_a6c3f5554c9de6b2c936ba8e8968741b.pdf ER -