The United Nations Human Rights Council  and the situation of human rights in Saudi Arabia

Sadat Akhavi, Seyyed Ali; Khodashenas, Abbas

doi:10.22059/jplsq.2016.56445

The United Nations Human Rights Council and the situation of human rights in Saudi Arabia

Authors

Seyyed Ali Sadat Akhavi ¹

Abbas Khodashenas ²

¹ Assistant Professor, International Relations Department, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

² MSc. of International Law, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, University of Tehran Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22059/jplsq.2016.56445

Abstract

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.

Keywords

human rights

Human Rights Council

Saudi Arabia

special rapporteurs

United Nations

universal periodic review

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