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| Name: | Royal Decree No. M/96, Dated 16 Ramadan 1439 A.H. approving the Anti-Harassment Law. |
| Country: | Saudi Arabia |
| Subject(s): | Equality of opportunity and treatment |
| Type of legislation: | Law, Act |
| Adopted on: | 2018-05-31 |
| Entry into force: | |
| ISN: | SAU-2018-L-107949 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=107949&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Printed Separately, 2019-03, International Labour Organization PDF of Unofficial English Translation  |
| Abstract/Citation: | The Royal Decree approves the Anti-Harassment Act, 2018, which is attached to Decision No. 488 of 29 May 2018 (14 Ramadan 1439 A.H.) of the Council of Ministers. The Anti-Harassment Act contains 8 articles and deals with harassment defined as "any utterance, act or gesture with sexual connotations from one person to any other person that would harm his/her body, honour or modesty, by any means whatsoever, including through the use of modern technology". Sentences, if convicted, range from imprisonment of up to five years and/or a fine. |