In the field of human rights, double standards are Saudi Arabia's stock-in-trade. Despite operating what is probably the world’s most comprehensive system of institutionalised discrimination against women, the kingdom is a party to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).
It has also signed up to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (while continuing to behead people in for a wide range of crimes) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (while continuing to allow child marriages). [al-bab.com] Read more
