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Faculty of Law Center for Islamic and Middle Eastern Legal Studies

Riad, 29 May 2018

Saudi Arabia to criminalise sexual harassment

The Shura Council of Saudi Arabia, the country's formal consultative body, has approved a law to criminalise sexual harassment in the kingdom. The aims of the measure are "fighting the crime of harassment, preventing it, punishing perpetrators and protecting victims in order to preserve the privacy, dignity and individual freedoms as guaranteed by Islamic jurisprudence and regulations in place".

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