Policy of non-discrimination for transgender people

1. Human Rights Unit

Its main tasks are: 

2. Human Rights Educational Portal

The Human Rights Education Portal (Watani protects my rights) is a partnership project between the Human Rights Commission and the Ministry of Education. It was inaugurated on December 24, 2017. 

The educational portal aims to acquaint students of public education with a culture of human rights, and to inform them properly about them, so that they can know their rights, and how to deal with them, and to understand the extent to which their country offers them in the field of human rights.

This educational platform is easy to use and a variety of resources where the browser can access a number of local, regional and global references and documents in the field of human rights, and knowledge of human rights bodies locally and internationally, and the importance of human rights in Islam. 

This portal seeks to spread human rights culture within Saudi public schools in an interactive way, and contribute to raising the awareness of students in all schools in the Kingdom of human rights culture through a number of modern educational media that promote this concept, and develop them according to their different levels of development. The portal, with the slogan “National protects my rights”, focused on highlighting the Kingdom's efforts in the field of human rights education, introducing students to these efforts, raising awareness and spreading the culture of human rights in the educational community, in addition to stimulating the members of the educational system to adopt a culture of human rights. It also promotes human rights concepts and applications at all levels of education. 

3. Human Rights

Since its unification by the founding king, King Abdul-Aziz - may God have mercy on him - the state has ensured that the human being, whether citizen or resident, adult or child, is protected. In the system of government, Article (8), “Governance in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is based on justice, consultation, and equality, in accordance with Islamic law,” and Article (26) thereof, which states: “The state protects human rights in accordance with Islamic law.” 

Within the Basic Law of Governance are basic principles and provisions aimed at protecting and promoting human rights. These principles and provisions in their entirety represent the legal framework for human rights, and the system has affirmed a number of basic rights, including: the right to justice, equality, security and respect for private property. Other regulations such as labor, health, education, social security and other laws and regulations included detailed provisions for the principles contained in the Basic Law of Governance. 

4. Human Rights Commission

Human Rights Commission was established by the decision of the Council of Ministers to be a government agency directly related to the king concerned with the protection and promotion of human rights in accordance with international standards in light of the provisions of Islamic law. Its organization has granted it broad powers that allow it to perform its duties independently and freely, and among the most prominent of these powers are the following: 

It should be noted that the commission submitted its (first) report on the human rights situation in the Kingdom, which included the observations it had monitored related to the implementation by government agencies of the kingdom’s obligations under international human rights standards, and the complaints it had received in this regard, especially with regard to prisoners and the detainees. This is added to the right to resort to justice and equality, to protection from abuse and torture, to ensure physical integrity, the right to reputation and dignity, the right to freedom of movement, issues of nationality and residence, and other basic rights, in addition to what is related to the right to work and social care, health care, protection from family violence, and other economic, social and cultural rights, in addition to all that is related to the rights of special groups, including women, children, people with disabilities and the elderly. 

5. Permanent Committee to Combat Trafficking in Persons Crimes

The committee was formed according to a cabinet decision headed by His Excellency the President of the Human Rights Commission, and its membership includes representatives from the Ministries of Interior, Foreign Affairs, Justice, Social Affairs, Labor, Culture and Information, and the Investigation and Public Prosecution Commission. This committee is considered one of the most important national entities for implementing the “anti-trafficking in persons ". it is concerned with various missions as follows: 

6. National Society for Human Rights

It is a national, non-governmental institution that has no affiliation with any government entity. It enjoys complete independence in all its affairs. It is concerned with protecting, promoting and defending human rights, whether a citizen, resident or visitor, and deals with government agencies, non-governmental and international organizations in a way that achieves the goals they set according to its basic system. 

Among its most main missions: 

The association is represented by academic members and specialists in various fields related to human rights, both men and women. It issues annual reports dealing with the human rights situation in the Kingdom. The most recent of which is its third report on the human rights situation in the Kingdom under the title “Ambition of a leadership and poor performance of agencies.” 

7. The University Vice Presidency for Female Student Affairs and the College of Science hold a meeting on the occasion of International Women's Day in the Field of Science

On the occasion of the International Women’s Day in the Field of Science, which falls on Thursday the eleventh of February, the University Vice Presidency for Female Student Affairs, in cooperation with the College of Science, held a meeting entitled “Women in the Field of Science.” Searching for outputs that meet the requirements of the labor market. 

The meeting began with a speech by the Vice Dean of the College of Sciences, Dr. Eida bint Suleiman Al Farraj, in which she thanked the wise leadership for the support received by Saudi women in all fields, and commended the university’s efforts to enhance the capabilities of the academic staff and motivate them to publish scientifically as the criterion for measuring the progress of universities.

After that, a dialogue session was launched in which Dr. Ibtisam Al-Dawish, associate professor in the Department of Mathematics, Dr. Nawal Madkhali, associate professor in the Department of Physics, and Prof. Amal Al-Anazi, in which they dealt with several topics, most notably the participation of women in the field of science and its research in the college, the awards and criteria of the Global Publishing Program, and the encouragement of graduate students to scientific publishing and research partnerships. The meeting concluded by talking about the extent to which the outputs of the College of Science meet the requirements of the labor market, which was demonstrated by the amount of polarization that the college graduates of both sexes received from the leading scientific authorities such as King Abdulaziz City, King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy, SABIC, in addition to research centers and local universities. other.

The meeting, which was held remotely, received great attention, as the number of registered students exceeded 130, and the attendance rate of female students reached 90%. The cooperative that was completed with the College of Science, which achieved honorable numbers in its research and human outputs. 

8. The center for the study of students organizes women's events for the international conference on justice and arbitration

The higher institute of justice (international conference on justice and arbitration) organized on sunday and monday, 28-29 dhul-hajjah 1436 ah, under the auspices of the minister of education dr. azzam al-dakhil. 

The conference is of great importance as it focuses on the role of justice and arbitration in establishing the rules of justice and equality among members of society, and is an opportunity for consultation, interaction, exchange of opinions and experiences among specialists to reach recommendations that serve the scientific and professional movement in society. 

The student study center, represented by the department of public relations, organized the women's events of the conference, which were held in the support hall of the conference building.