Criminal Protection of Public Decency in Bahraini and Saudi Legislation

Authors

  • Prof. Dr. Omar Fakhri Alhadithi Professor of Criminal Law, Dean of the College of Law, Kingdom University, Bahrain. Author
  • Zaid Khalid Habib Al-Rawi Human Resources Department, Aliraqia University, Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research Iraq Author
  • Dr. Mustafa Abdullah Hasan Advisor to the Parliamentary Education Committee, Parliamentary Expert and Head of Statisticians in the Parliamentary Affairs Directorate, Iraqi Council of Representatives, Iraq Author

Keywords:

Public Decency, Public Order, Public Hygiene, Public Tranquility, Criminal Policy

Abstract

Public decency is a term circulating among members of society expressing concepts that stem from social and cultural goals and backgrounds that vary according to place and time, The competent authorities in the Kingdom of Bahrain have been keen to criminalize acts contrary to public decency and have enacted Public Hygiene Law No. 10 of 2019 to maintain the cleanliness of the Kingdom, improve people's feelings and decency, respecting the rights of others, taking into consideration their feelings, reducing infringement by word or deed on what can harm people's decency, and so that personal freedom is disciplinable. However, there are miscellaneous texts related to public decency governed by the Environmental Law No. 7 of 2022, the Traffic Law No. 23 of 2014, and the Building Regulation Law No. 13 of 1977, as amended, and others, In addition to what is stipulated in the Penal Code, and this is the same direction taken by the Saudi regulator, but more closely to the meaning of public decency, as a special regulation was organized for this under the name of the Public decency Regulation.

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Published

2025-08-21

Issue

Vol. 27 No. 1 (2025): RECPC 27-01

Section

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