1 Chronological
The Holy Book of Islam: The Quran.
2 International Treaties
The Hague Convention of 29 July 1899, entered into force on 4 September 1900.
The Hague Convention (IV) of 18 October 1907: Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land and its Annex and Regulations Concerning the Laws and Customs of War on Land, entered into force on 26 January 1910.
The Versailles Convention, known as The Treaty of Peace, 28 June 1919, entered into force on 10 January 1920.
The Slavery Convention of 25 September 1926, entered into force on 9 March 1927.
The Charter of the United Nations of 1945.
Charter of the League of Arab States, 22 March 1945.
The Statute of The International Court of Justice, 24 October 1945.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 10 December 1948.
The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, 9 December 1948, entered into force on 12 January 1951.
The Geneva Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field of 12 August 1949, 75 UNTS 31, entered into force on 21 October 1950.
The Geneva Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of the Armed Forces at Sea, 12 August 1949, 75 UNTS 85, entered into force on 21 October 1950.
The Geneva Convention (III) Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, 12 August 1949, 75 UNTS 135, entered into force on 21 October 1950.
The Geneva Convention (IV) Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Times of War, 12 August 1949, 75 UNTS 287, entered into force on 21 October 1950.
Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II) 8 June 1977, 1125 UNTS 609.
Agreement for the Prosecution and Punishment of Major War Criminals of the European Axis and Establishing the Charter of the International Military Tribunals (1951) UNTS 279.
The Charter of the International Military Tribunal: Annex to the Agreement for the Prosecution and Punishment of the Major War Criminals of the European Axis, London Agreement 15 March 1951.
International Convention on Economic Social and Cultural Rights of 16 December 1966, entered into force on 3 January 1976.
International Convention on Civil and Political Rights of 16 December 1966, entered into force on 23 March 1976.
Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity, New York, 26 November 1968, entered into force on 11 November 1970.
Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity, GA Res 2391 (XXIII), 26 November 1968, entered into force on 11 November 1970, in accordance with Article VIII.
The Vienna Convention of Treaties of 23 May 1969, entered into force on 27 January 1980.
International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid, 30 November 1973, entered into force on 18 July 1976.
International Convention against the Taking of Hostages (New York) 1316, 17 December 1979, entered into force on 3 June 1983.
Riyadh Arab Agreement for Judicial Co-operation, League of Arab States, 6 April 1983.
The Convention against Torture and other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 10 December 1984, entered into force on 26 June 1987.
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child of 20 November 1989, entered into force on 2 September 1990.
The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam, 4th Session Agenda Item 5, 31 July to 5 August 1990 United Nations Doc A/CONF.157/PC/62/Add 18 (1993).
Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (1992), proclaimed by the General Assembly Resolution 47/133, A/RES/47/133 of 18 December 1992.
Statute of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1993.
The Suppression of Terrorism Convention of Arab Countries, April 1998.
The European Convention of Human Rights 1998.
The Rome Statute of The International Criminal Court, 17 July 1998, entered into force on 1 July 2002.
The United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and their Property, 2 December 2004 (not yet in force).
Arab Charter on Human Rights, 22 May 2004, reprinted in 12 Int’l Hum. Rts. Rep 893, 22 May 2004, entered into force on 15 March 2008.
The International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 2006.
The Elements of Crimes of the Rome Statute adopted at the 2010 Review Conference are replicated from the Official Records of the Review Conference of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Kampala, 31 May– 11 June 2010.
Statutes of the International Committee of the Red Cross, 3 October 2013.
3 Saudi Domestic Legislation
Saudi Basic Law of Governance issued by Royal Decree No. (A/91) 27 Shaʾban 1412 H (1 March 1992) published in 3397 2 Umm Al-Qura Gazette Ramadan 1412 H on 5 March 1992.
Saudi Criminal Procedure Law issued by Royal Decree No. M/3 on 22/1/1435 H.
The Law of Board of Grievances created by Royal Decree No. 2/13/8759 17-9-1374 H. This was later replaced by a new law issued by Royal Decree No. 78 19-9-1428 H.
The Saudi Shura Council Law issued by Royal Decree No. A/91 27/8/1412 H.
The Law of Council of Ministers in Saudi Arabia issued by Royal Decree No. A/12 3/12/1414 H.
The Saudi Judiciary law of Saudi Arabia issued by Royal Decree No. M/78 19/9/1428 H.
The Saudi Anti-Cyber Crime Law issued by Royal Decree No. M/17 26 March 2007.