Saudi Arabia

This country page describes, in brief, data that TJET has compiled on regime transitions, intrastate conflict episodes, and transitional justice mechanisms. For details on the data included on this page, view the FAQ.

For Saudi Arabia, TJET has collected information on: three amnesties between 1975 and 2006; and five domestic trials starting between 1979 and 2018.

Select any transitional justice mechanism in the table below to view a timeline in the figure.

Country Background

Democratic Transition

TJET records no democratic transitions in Saudi Arabia between 1970 and 2020.

Violent Conflict

Based on the Uppsala Conflict Data Program, TJET records one violent intrastate conflict episode in 1979, involving one armed opposition group fighting against the government.

Data up to 2020. Hover over column labels for definitions. Source: UCDP Dyadic Dataset version 23.1, https://ucdp.uu.se/downloads/index.html#dyadic.

Transitional Justice Data

As of 2020, Saudi Arabia ranks 34th out of 174 on TJET’s legacy of violence index. For a full list of country rankings over time, view the index page, and for an explanation of the index, view the Methods & FAQs page.

Amnesties

Saudi Arabia had three amnesties between 1975 and 2006. One amnesty released political prisoners.

Data up to 2020. Hover over column labels for definitions.

Domestic Trials

TJET has compiled data on five domestic prosecutions between 1979 and 2019. These include four regular human rights prosecutions of state agents, in which three persons were convicted; and one intrastate conflict prosecution of opposition members, in which two persons were convicted.

Click on accused records for data on convictions. Data up to 2020. Hover over column labels for definitions.