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Saudi Arabia* United Nations CRPD/C/SAU/1 Convention on the Rights Distr.: General 16 November 2015 of Persons with Disabilities English Original: Arabic Arabic, English, French and Spanish only Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 35 of the Convention Initial reports of States parties due in 2010 Saudi Arabia* [Date received: 1 July 2015] * The present document is being issued without formal editing. GE.15-20023 (E) 220317 270317 CRPD/C/SAU/1 Contents Page Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 4 I. Core document .............................................................................................................................. 4 A. Geography and population of Saudi Arabia .......................................................................... 4 B. Economic situation in Saudi Arabia ..................................................................................... 4 C. System of government in Saudi Arabia ................................................................................ 4 D. Legal framework for the protection of human rights in Saudi Arabia .................................. 5 E. International and regional human rights instruments to which Saudi Arabia has acceded ... 6 F. Newly established national mechanisms (entities) for the promotion and protection of human rights .................................................................................................... 6 II. Treaty-specific document .............................................................................................................. 9 A. Methodology used in preparing the report ............................................................................ 9 B. Information on matters relating to all articles of the Convention ......................................... 10 Articles 1-4. General obligations .......................................................................................... 10 Article 5. Equality and non-discrimination ........................................................................... 11 Article 6. Women with disabilities ....................................................................................... 12 Article 7. Children with disabilities ...................................................................................... 13 Article 8. Awareness-raising ................................................................................................. 14 Article 9. Accessibility ......................................................................................................... 17 Article 10. Right to life ......................................................................................................... 20 Article 11. Situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies................................................ 20 Article 12. Equal recognition before the law ........................................................................ 20 Article 13. Access to justice ................................................................................................. 21 Article 14. Liberty and security of person ............................................................................ 22 Article 15. Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment ..................................................................................... 24 Article 16. Freedom from exploitation, violence and abuse ................................................. 25 Article 17. Protecting the integrity of the person .................................................................. 27 Article 18. Freedom of movement and nationality ............................................................... 28 Article 19. Living independently and being included in the community .............................. 29 Article 20. Personal mobility ................................................................................................ 30 Article 21. Freedom of expression and opinion, and access to information ......................... 31 Article 22. Respect for privacy ............................................................................................. 32 Article 23. Respect for home and the family ........................................................................ 33 Article 24. Education ............................................................................................................ 33 Article 25. Health .................................................................................................................. 39 Article 26. Habilitation and rehabilitation ............................................................................ 42 Article 27. Work and employment........................................................................................ 45 Article 28. Adequate standard of living and social protection .............................................. 50 2 GE.15-20023 CRPD/C/SAU/1 Article 29. Participation in political and public life .............................................................. 53 Article 30. Participation in cultural life, recreation, leisure and sport .................................. 53 Article 31. Statistics and data collection ............................................................................... 55 Article 32. International cooperation .................................................................................... 56 Article 33. National implementation and monitoring ........................................................... 57 GE.15-20023 3 CRPD/C/SAU/1 Introduction Saudi Arabia ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol in 2008 and is now submitting its initial report in accordance with article 35, paragraph 1, of the Convention. The report was drafted in accordance with the United Nations guidelines on preparing reports concerning the Convention. It is divided into two principal parts: Part 1: The core document, which contains general information about Saudi Arabia and national legislation of relevance to the subject of this report. This part is divided into six sections. Part 2: The treaty-specific document, which forms the main focus of this report and includes information on: 1. The methodology used in preparing the report; 2. Matters relating to all articles of the Convention (arts. 1-50). I. Core document A. Geography and population of Saudi Arabia 1. Saudi Arabia is located in south-west Asia. It is bordered to the east by the Arabian Gulf, the United Arab Emirates, the State of Qatar and the Kingdom of Bahrain, to the north-east by the State of Kuwait, to the north by the Republic of Iraq and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, to the west by the Red Sea, to the south by the Republic of Yemen and to the south-east by the Sultanate of Oman. Its territory covers 2,149,690 km2. 2. The overall population of Saudi Arabia is 30,770,375, according to data published by the Central Department of Statistics for 2014, as set out in detail in the following table: Citizens: 20 702 536 Foreign residents: 10 067 839 Male Female Male Female 10 398 993 10 303 543 6 867 332 3 200 507 B. Economic situation in Saudi Arabia 3. According to recent data collated by the Ministry of Economy and Planning, the Saudi economy is growing steadily. Gross domestic product (GDP) rose from 1,231 billion Saudi Arabian riyals (SRl) in 2005 to SRl 2,821 billion in 2014. Per capita GDP performed similarly, increasing from SRl 53,000 in 2005 to SRl 93,000 in 2013. As a result of these remarkable advances, the Saudi economy rose in the rankings of world economies from 22nd place in 2005 to 19th in 2013. Saudi Arabia holds the unique position of being the only Arab country to belong to the Group of 20, which is comprised of the 20 largest economies in the world. In 2012, the Saudi economy experienced the second largest growth rate (6.8 per cent) in the Group of 20 after the economy of the People’s Republic of China (7.8 per cent). C. System of government in Saudi Arabia 4. Saudi Arabia is a fully sovereign Islamic Arab State. The national religion is Islam, and the Book of God and the Sunna of His Messenger (Peace be upon him!) form the cornerstone for the system of government. It has a monarchy, which descends through the male heirs of the founding King of Saudi Arabia, Abdulaziz bin Abdurrahman al-Faisal Al 4 GE.15-20023 CRPD/C/SAU/1 Saud. The line of succession is determined in the light of the worthiness of each heir to rule in accordance with the Book of God and the Sunna of His Prophet (Peace be upon him!). 5. The system of government is based on the principles of justice, consultation and equality, in accordance with the sharia and national legislative instruments such as the Basic Law of Governance, the Statutes of the Shura (Consultative) Council, the Rules of Procedure of the Council of Ministers and the Provinces Act. D. Legal framework for the protection of human rights in Saudi Arabia 6. Saudi Arabia has promulgated several new laws and updated and amended existing laws in order to take account of recent developments, in keeping with its obligations pursuant to the various international treaties to which it has acceded. These new and amended laws include constructive additions needed to supplement the existing legislation and regulations in order to safeguard human rights. They provide for
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