Alkarama Foundation. All rights reserved.In 2016, Saudi Arabia unveiled “Vision 2030”, a plan for modernising the country within the next decade and weaning off its oil dependency.
The kingdom’s long-term project is headed by the Council for Economic and Development Affairs and aims at developing a “vibrant and fulfilled” life for its citizens and residents. However, the change envisioned leaves aside an important facet of human development, that of basic freedoms and rights.
Indeed, if Saudi Arabia wishes to present itself as a “pioneering global model of excellence, on all fronts”,[1] much remains to be done in the ever regressive field of human rights.
