• The recommendation on activating the supervisory and oversight role of judicial inspection over
judges, in order not to prolong the duration of litigation proceedings, and not to delay the hearings,
or to postpone cases for long periods. The Supreme Judicial Council explained that it has undertaken
an initiatives pertaining to tracing practical problems that impede the normal functioning of
litigation procedures and overcoming the obstacles facing judicial work. The reasons for the delay in
court proceedings for old and suspended cases was studied and analyzed. In addition, the Council
developed a clear strategy to improve the judiciary and its staff in order to reflect the aspirations of
the wise leadership related to strengthening the integrated institutional structure of the judiciary,
and enhancing the community’s confidence in the judicial system to ensure the judicial security of
the community and the proper administration of justice and the accompanying efficient judicial
systems.
• The recommendation on dedicating further attention to intensive and effective training for judges
and members of the public prosecution on issues related to human rights, particularly fair trial
guarantees. The Supreme Judicial Council indicated that special workshops have been set up
for the members of the judiciary that include the optimal application of international standards
for alternative solutions to remand and imprisonment. These workshops aim at identifying the
justified conditions for remand in line with international standards, where custody is the last resort.
Additionally, they aim at increasing the use of the alternatives to preventive detention, such as
bail or travel bans whenever possible, and identifying the optimal international applications to
incarceration, such as community work, ankle bracelets, and other electronic tracking devices.
Moreover, the workshops discussed increasing the methods to enable judges to apply alternatives
to incarceration, and learn about restorative, compensatory or conformity justice and the associated
extending of alternatives to custodial procedures and penalties.
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The Public Prosecution also noted that it works to promote human rights based on its function
as a representative of the community; and seeks to realize the obligations of the law. The Public
Prosecution always urges its members to work with fairness, consistency, and completion of the
investigations within an optimal timeframe for the timely achievement of justice. Additionally,
the Public Prosecution insists that its members respect human rights and dignity while dealing
with him/her as a defendant or a victim. For that reason, the Public Prosecution is continuously
pursuing the strengthening of the training system of the members of the Public Prosecution, which
is a continuous system in collaboration with several specialized institutes in the Arab region and
other countries of the world, through access to internal or external courses.
In addition, several courses and workshops were held in cooperation with the judicial authorities
on human rights, both inside and outside the Kingdom. These workshops covered several issues
and included the principles of human rights, the right to demonstrate and assemble, effective
investigations into allegations of torture and cruel treatment in the light of the Protocol Istanbul,
the guarantees of the accused in accordance with international standards, fair trial in criminal cases
and the rights of the accused, protection of prisons and places of detention, the legal dimensions
of freedom of expression in view of the legislative amendments, human rights principles and the
right for peaceful protest and assembly, protection of human rights in the criminal justice process,
the rights and guarantees of the accused in pre-trial stage, protection of victims of violence,
elimination of crimes of violence against women. A training course was held on the international
mechanisms to promote and protect human rights. Another course was held on the monitoring
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