CITATION — REFERENCE ENTRY
Saudi Arabia's Specialized Criminal Court — United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
- Key
- uscirf-2021-saudi-scc-factsheet
- Authors
- Weiner, Scott; Schexnaydre, Dylan
- Issued
- 2021-12
- Type
- report
- Publisher
- United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
Raw CSL JSON
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"title": "Saudi Arabia's Specialized Criminal Court",
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2021,
12
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"accessed": {
"date-parts": [
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2026,
9,
25
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Claims
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The Supreme Judicial Council appoints the SCC's judges; a July 2014 decree gave the SCC exclusive jurisdiction over cases under the 2014 terrorism law; 2017 royal decrees created the Public Prosecution and the State Security Presidency under the King, moving prosecutorial and investigative bodies away from the Ministry of Interior.
"As established, the Saudi Supreme Judicial Council appoints the SCC's judges, and the Ministry of Interior (MOI) refers cases to the court. ... two royal decrees in 2017 shifted these authorities away from the MOI and brought them within the purview of the King. ... A July 2014 decree also gave the SCC exclusive jurisdiction to try the cases of those accused under the 2014 law."
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