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A UPR Perspective on Capital Punishment and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Amna Nazir
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May 17, 2022
Abstract
The Universal Periodic Review (UPR), established in 2006, has been hailed as an innovative mechanism of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council. The peer review mechanism assesses the human rights records of all UN Member States and provides recommendations to further the global promotion and protection of human rights. This article provides an analysis of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s third UPR in 2018 with a specific focus on the State’s use of capital punishment. It explores the challenges faced by the UPR and issues recommendations to foster meaningful discourse, in the international community, to protect the right to life and engender change at the domestic level.
Keywords: Universal Periodic Review; Human Rights Council; Saudi Arabia; death penalty; right to life; Islamic law
Published Online: 2022-05-17
Published in Print: 2023-09-26
© 2022 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
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Keywords for this article
Universal Periodic Review;
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