Aiban stated that Saudi Arabia has recently endorsed the International Labor Organization agreement No. 138 regarding the minimum age of employment and that admission to a number of human rights international documents and treaties is currently underway. He said the criminal procedures system and the legal appeals before the Court of Grievances have recently been amended, an endeavor to develop the judicial system and guarantee the Kingdom's approach since its establishment to consolidate the pillars of right and justice through an independent judiciary that offers enough warrants to secure rights for those who deserve them in a clear just way and achieve accountability according to just, fair and impartial laws. Dr. Al-Aiban said the Kingdom was keen to find a comprehensive treatment that achieves the objectives of human rights through issuing a number of specialized systems that complement with those three systems, including the code to combat human trafficking and protection from harm system and others, noting that the Kingdom once more confirms that its judicial system is committed to the principle of legality of criminalizing and punishing. He cited Article 38 of the Statute of Rule that "punishment falls on the person who commits a violation and that nobody will be criminalized or punished without a Sharia or legal law and no punishment is issued for actions committed before the issuance of that punishment law. He said the judicial system in Saudi Arabia pays great attention to the principle of litigation sessions publicity as one of the main reasons for achieving justice for which the judiciary authority was created. He cited the criminal procedures system and the Sharia-based appealing system as clearly stating the publicity of litigation sessions unless, a court decides exceptionally otherwise, taking into consideration some security or observance of public etiquette or that was imperative to show facts, a matter that conforms with international standards of fair ruling regulations, noting that to enhance this principle, the Human Rights Commission, the National Association for Human Rights and the media are continuing attending the courts. In the field of judicial personnel training and equipping, Dr. Al-Aiban said the Ministry of Justice has cooperated with a number of government and academic agencies, including the Higher Institute for Judiciary, Human Rights Commission, and other academic agencies inside and outside the Kingdom to hold and organize a number of training courses, workshops that focus on different judicial aspects, including holding symposia and workshops in the field of human rights in different regions of the Kingdom, holding symposiums and workshops in the field of enhancing the role of judiciary, noting that work has started to implement the memorandum of understanding that was signed between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Human Rights Commission and the office of the Higher Commissioner of Human Rights what aims at enhancing the abilities of personnel working in the field of human rights. In this regard, a training course on the international mechanisms for human rights has been held as part of implementing this MOU, benefiting a big number of government representatives from all parts of the Kingdom in addition to a number of lawyers, media representatives and those interested in the human rights. --More 23:19 LOCAL TIME 20:19 GMT تغريد
