Category Archives: Saudi Arabia
Yemen Reports
Gender-Based Violence in Yemen: A Crisis Within a Crisis
In Yemen’s protracted conflict, another devastating crisis festers largely out of sight: the epidemic of [...]
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Qatar Reports
Qatar’s Discriminatory Citizenship Laws: How New Electoral Reforms Deny Rights to the Al Murra tribe
In July 2021, Qatar approved new laws to regulate its first legislative elections, but these [...]
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United Arab Emirates Reports
Undermining Justice: The UAE’s Struggle with Judicial Independence, Human Rights, and Unfair Trials
The rule of law in the UAE faces significant challenges in ensuring judicial independence, transparency, [...]
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Qatar Reports
Freedom of Expression in Qatar
Qatar has claimed to commit to social and political reforms, yet there are still significant [...]
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Saudi Arabia Reports
FIFA’s Decision to Award Saudi Arabia as the host of the 2034 World Cup: A Step Backward for Human Rights
FIFA’s confirmation of Saudi Arabia as the host country for the 2034 World Cup has [...]
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The Politics of Death: The Use of the Death Penalty in Saudi Arabia
Introduction Saudi Arabia is part of the regrettably long list of countries that still retain [...]
Apr
Unfulfilled Resolutions And Saudi Arabia’s Poor Human Rights Record
Introduction Although Saudi Arabia has announced vital reforms concerning basic human rights over the last [...]
Feb
Shedding blood on the issue: Saudi Arabia’s unflinching approach to the death penalty
In this article, ECDHR analyses the international and national legal framework surrounding capital punishment in [...]
Jun
War crimes in Yemen: a long-overdue call for accountability
Introduction Global discussion has been redirected dramatically in recent months towards the conflict currently taking [...]
May
Not All That Glitters Is Gold: The Gulf Interference with the EU Democratic Processes
By ECDHR Staff, 13 May 2022 Introduction Over the past decade, the European Union [...]
May
World Press Freedom Day
An infography on the state of press freedom in the world as well as in [...]
May
World Day for Safety and Health at Work
28th April 2022 In celebration of the World Day for Safety and Health at Work [...]
Apr
The Plight of Yemeni Workers in Saudi Arabia
By ECDHR Staff, 28 March 2022 When the Yemeni Civil War started in 2014, two [...]
Mar
International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims
24th March 2022 As the world celebrates the International Day for the Right to the [...]
Mar
The EU-Saudi Dialogue: placing human rights at the centre of the discourse
By ECDHR Staff, 21 March 2022 Saudi Arabia has been restricting freedom of expression further [...]
Mar