Saudi Arabia is party to various international instruments, including:
• The Convention on the Rights of the Child, to which it acceded in 1995;
• The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, to which it acceded in 1997;
• The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, to which it acceded in 2000;
• The Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, to which it acceded in 2007;
• The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol, to which it acceded in 2008 (the subject of this report);
• The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, to which it acceded in 2010;
• The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict, to which it acceded in 2010;
• The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, to which it acceded in 1997.
Saudi Arabia is also a party to several regional, Arab and Islamic instruments, including:
• The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam, to which it acceded in 1990;
• The Riyadh Declaration on Human Rights in Peace and War, to which it acceded in 2003;
• The Covenant on the Rights of the Child in Islam, to which it acceded in 2006;
• The Arab Charter on Human Rights, to which it acceded in 2009.
