Partnerships & Agreement
Main regional and international trafficking-related instruments to which the Kingdom is party:
1- The United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, 2000
Acceded to by Royal Decree (M/20), dated 13 May, 2004
2- Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, 2000.
Acceded to by Royal Decree (M/56), dated 26 June, 2007
3- Arab Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the Arab Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
Acceded to by Royal Decree (M/26), dated 30 October, 2019
4- Convention on the Rights of the Child
Acceded to by Royal Decree (M/7), dated 12 September, 1995
5- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
Acceded to by Royal Decree (M/38), dated 30 June, 2010
6- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women signed and ratified by Royal Decree (M/25), dated 28 August, 2000
7- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Acceded to by Royal Decree (M/28), dated 27 May, 2008
8- Forced Labor Convention Acceded to by Royal Decree (M/15), dated 20 February, 1978
9- Abolition of Forced Labor Convention Acceded to by Royal Decree (M/15), dated 20 February, 1978
10- Memorandum of Understanding for Cooperation in Combatting Trafficking in Persons with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime By Council of Ministers’ Resolution (262), dated 3 December, 2019
11- Agreement between the Human Rights Commission and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Strengthening Mechanisms to Combat Human Trafficking
in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Phase I
Dated 23 December, 2019