CITATION — REFERENCE ENTRY
Reply to joint communication AL SAU 4/2024 regarding Manahel bint Nasser Khalaf al-Otaibi — Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Key
- saudi-mission-geneva-2025-reply-al-otaibi
- Authors
- Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations Office at Geneva
- Issued
- 2025
- Type
- report
- Publisher
- Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
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Claims
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The Saudi government states that the SCC was established by the Supreme Judicial Council under article 6 of the Statutes of the Judiciary to hear national security and terrorism cases, that it is part of the ordinary justice system following the same procedures as other criminal courts, and that it guarantees independence, impartiality and fair and open trials.
"The Specialized Criminal Court, which is a key pillar of the Saudi judicial system, was established to hear cases relating to national security and terrorism. The Court operates within the framework of an integrated legal system that guarantees its independence and impartiality ... The Specialized Criminal Court was established by the Supreme Judicial Council under article 6 of the Statutes of the Judiciary ... is part of the country's ordinary system of justice, it follows the same judicial procedures as those applied in other criminal courts"
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