6. Recalling its previous recommendations, general recommendation No. 8 (1990) concerning the interpretation and application of article 1 (1) and (4) of the Convention, and its guidelines for reporting under the Convention, the Committee recommends that the State party collect and provide to the Committee reliable, updated and comprehensive statistics on the demographic composition of the population, based on the principle of self-identification, including on ethno-religious groups, people of African descent, stateless persons and non-citizens, particularly undocumented migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees. It also recommends that the State party produce disaggregated statistics on the socioeconomic situation of ethno-religious minority groups, people of African descent and non-citizens and on their access to education, employment, healthcare and housing, with a view to creating an empirical basis for assessing the equal enjoyment of the rights enshrined in the Convention.
17.(...) the Committee is concerned about the lack of detailed and disaggregated information on complaints of racial discrimination, investigations, prosecutions, and convictions and sanctions by domestic courts.
18. Recalling its general recommendation No. 31 (2005) on the prevention of racial discrimination in the administration and functioning of the criminal justice system, the Committee recommends that the State party: (...)
(b) Undertake public education campaigns on the rights enshrined in the
Convention and on how to file complaints of racial discrimination, particularly in order to inform ethno-religious minority groups, people of African descent, migrants, asylum-seekers and stateless persons; (...)
19 (...) the Committee is concerned:
(...)
(b) That the criminalization of hate speech and hate crime under the legislative framework is based on vague concepts, such as “undermining public order” or “contradicts public morals”, and that the criminalization of hate speech and hate crimes only applies when nationals are the victims of it, excluding groups vulnerable to racial discrimination such as migrants and stateless persons;
(c) About reports of the spread of racist hate speech and the dissemination of negative stereotypes against ethno-religious minority groups, people of African descent, migrants and stateless persons, including on the Internet and social media;
32. Reiterating its previous recommendations, and recalling its general recommendation No. 30 (2004) on discrimination against non-citizens, the Committee recommends that the State party review and amend its legislative framework, in particular the Law on Nationality, to allow Saudi women married to non-Saudi citizens to transmit their nationality to their children from birth, on an equal footing with Saudi men.
34. Recalling its general recommendation No. 25 (2000) on gender-related
dimensions of racial discrimination, and reiterating its previous recommendations, the Committee recommends that the State party review its legislative and policy frameworks to eliminate all barriers and restrictions faced by women belonging to ethno-religious minority groups, women of African descent, women migrant workers, women domestic workers, women human rights defenders and activists, women in detention and migrant and stateless women, and ensure their equal access to employment, education, healthcare and justice. To this end, it recommends that the State party incorporate a minority women perspective into all gender-related policies and strategies.
45. The Committee is concerned about the lack of statistics on stateless persons (Bidoon) and their socioeconomic situation, and about reports of discrimination faced by the Bidoon in access to employment, education, healthcare and other basic services. It is concerned about the lack of a dedicated determination procedure in relation to statelessness.
46. The Committee recommends that the State party adopt measures to reduce and prevent statelessness and to establish a dedicated and effective determination procedure in relation to statelessness. It also recommends that the State party ensure that stateless persons, particularly the Bidoon, enjoy all human rights without discrimination, including access to work, housing, education and healthcare.
51. (...) The Committee encourages the State party to accede to the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.