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August 2022
Saudi Arabia has executed 120 prisoners in the first half of 2022, and human rights groups have shown concern about the rapid escalation of death penalties. The United Nations (UN) has warned Saudi Arabia for the second time in six months that enforcing the death penalty on two Bahraini men who were allegedly tortured and forced to make confessions could constitute arbitrary execution.
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GSoD Indices Data 2012-2021
Representative
Government
Government
Fundamental
Rights
Rights
Checks on
Government
Government
Impartial
Administration
Administration
Participatory
Engagement
Engagement
Basic Information
Population
35 340 680
System of government
Absolute Monarchy
Head of government
Prime Minister Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (since 2015)
Head of government party
Not applicable
Electoral system for lower or single chamber
No direct elections
Women in lower or single chamber
19.9%
Women in upper chamber
Not applicable
Last legislative election
Appointed
Head of state
King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Selection process for head of state
Hereditary or election by hereditary state rulers
Latest Universal Periodic Review (UPR) date
05/11/2018
Latest Universal Periodic Review (UPR) percentage of recommendations supported
70.54%
Human Rights Treaties
State party
Signatory
No action
United Nations Human Right Treaties
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Convention on the Rights of the Child
International Convention on Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
International Labour Organisation Treaties
Forced Labour Convention
Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention
Equal Remuneration Convention
Abolition of Forced Labour Convention
Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention
Convention concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment
Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention
Regional Treaties
Arab Charter on Human Rights
Attributes Over Time
GSoD Indices
Regime type
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