The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has announced reforms to human rights in no fewer than 60 different areas, 22 of which are on women’s rights.
This was contained in a statement from the Kingdom’s information department today, December 10 by Awwad Al-Awwad.
The statement said that the Kingdom has made far reaching reforms on human rights.
“We have adopted new regulation in personal status for women with reformed custody and anti-harassment laws.
“The spotlight on human rights is expanding both domestically and internationally. The United Nations defines human rights as rights inherent to all human beings. Of course, universalities exist. But, each region and country also takes into consideration its own values and cultural norms when preserving human rights in practice.
“There is no doubt that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s story is one of transformation. Since the adoption of Vision 2030, this transformation has gone through various phases and has culminated into unprecedented reforms that have taken place in a few short years. We have achieved more in the area of human rights in four years than many others have in a quarter century.
“Under King Salman Bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, the Kingdom has witnessed reforms across a multitude of spheres progressing in ways that seemed unimaginable before. More than 60 reforms have been made to improve the situation of human rights in the Kingdom, of which 22 were related to women’s rights. We have adopted new regulation in personal status for women with reformed custody and anti-harassment laws.”
