Judicial System

Judicial System in Saudi Arabia
rights provided for in section (b) above to certain limits
provided that such limits shall be according to law and must
be necessary in order to respect others and their rights, or
to protect national security, public order, public health or
public morals. This is validation that exercise of freedom of
opinion and expression may be subject to certain limitations
that relate to others’ interests or the interest of community
at large; however, such limitations must not infringe the
content of the right itself.
Numerous international declarations and other
conventions provide for the importance of the independence,
plurality and freedom of the media.
b) Freedom of Opinion and Expressions on the Regional
Level:
Freedom of opinion and expression has been enshrined in
numerous regional conventions and treaties, namely, article
(22) of Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam which
provides that:
1. “Everyone shall have the right to express his opinion
freely in such a manner as would not be contrary to the
principles of the Sharia.
2. Everyone shall have the right to advocate what is right,
and propagate what is good, and warn against what is
wrong and evil according to the norms of Islamic Sharia.
3. Information is vital necessity to society. It may not
be exploited or misused in such a way as may violate
sanctities and the dignity of Prophets, undermine moral
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