Saudi reform measures are continuing, as the country’s Human Rights Commission announced the issuance of a royal order to abolish the execution of minors, days after the announcement of “abolishing flogging” as a form of punishment, and to replace it with imprisonment or a fine or both.

In a statement, the Human Rights Commission said, “The royal order to suspend the implementation of the final judicial rulings of the death penalty (death penalty) as a prelude to juveniles includes all persons who have not yet reached the age of eighteen at the time of the crime, including those sentenced to death (death penalty). ) In terrorist crimes.

According to the royal order, the juvenile system issued in the year 2018 “applies to those who have been sentenced to death (death penalty) before its issuance”, and the system has included that “if the juvenile is between the ages of 15 and 18, he committed a crime punishable by death, then it is sufficient By depositing it in a juvenile house for a period not exceeding ten years.

The authority pointed out that the royal order “organized all procedural issues related to replacing the death penalty for juveniles with the penalty of depositing in the homes designated for that, including juveniles sentenced to a deposit penalty for a period exceeding ten years,” stressing that “none of these measures constitutes an exception from “Apply this.”

The commission welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision to abolish the punishment of flogging in cases of ta’zir, by directing the courts to content themselves with either prison terms or fines, or both, or any alternative punishment.

The authority reaffirmed that the Saudi government, led by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, and Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, attached great importance to juvenile justice, which was represented in the issuance of the juvenile system in 2018, and the issuance of this royal order.

SOURCE : SAUDI24