Witness Protection Executive Regulation — articles 1–29

The definitions set forth in Federal Law No. (14) of 2020, referred to hereinabove, shall apply to this Resolution; otherwise, the following words and expressions shall have the meanings assigned thereto respectively, un…

The Protection Unit shall exercise the following functions: 1. To participate in developing a comprehensive policy to protect witnesses, including developing criteria for the assessment of risks to which they are exposed…

Within the framework of practicing its functions, the Protection Unit shall: 1. Provide the required protection to the Protected Person according to the Protection Program; 2. Prepare appropriate sites and places inside …

The Protection Unit shall set the Protection Program according to the following procedures: 1. To design the Protection Program in detail for every Protected Person, so that it commensurate with the risks, circumstances …

Subject to the criteria set forth in Article (8) of the Law, the Protection Unit or the Judicial Authority shall propose protective measures according to the following criteria: 1. The public interest arising from the cr…

A risk that a person required to be protected may be exposed to shall be classified according to the classification of risks set out in Table (1) annexed to this Resolution.

1. Where there is a need to enroll a person in the Protection Program, an enrollment application shall be submitted by the Competent Authority or the Judicial Authority to the Competent Court, accompanied by the followin…

Subject to Article (10) of the Law, the Protection Unit may take any of the measures set forth in the Law and the present Resolution to protect any person required to be enrolled in the Protection Program, until the deci…

Subject to Article (13) of the Law, the Protection Instrument shall include the following details and information: 1. An acknowledgment that the details submitted by the Protected Person are accurate; 2. An undertaking t…

Signing the Protection Instrument shall lead to the following results: 1. All details of the Protection Program that will be provided to the Protected Person shall be introduced to him. 2. Signing the Protection Instrume…

The Protection Program shall be implemented through the measures prescribed by virtue of the Law according to the means shown in Table (2) annexed to the present Resolution.

If the Protected Person is a convict or remand prisoner, the place of his detention shall be determined, whether inside or outside the penal institution. The Protection Program period shall be counted as part of the exec…

1. A minor, incapacitated or disable person may be enrolled in the Protection Program only after obtaining a written consent from his legal representative, as the case may be, unless the Competent Court decides that he s…

1. The Protected Person may receive any funds during the implementation of the Protection Program according to the procedures identified by the Protection Unit. 2. The funds referred to in Clause (1) of this Article shal…

If the Protected Person is subject to the identity change measures, the following controls shall be followed: 1. The Competent Court shall issue its decision obligating the authority in charge of issuing identities to re…

1. When a decision requiring the Protected Person to be subject to the measure of changing the identity is taken, he may appoint an attorney to act on his behalf pursuant to the legislation in force in this regard. 2. Th…

The Protection Unit shall, in coordination with the Competent Authority or the Judicial Authority throughout the Protection Program period, follow up on the following subjects: 1. All updates on the details and informati…

The Protection Unit shall, in coordination with the Competent Authority or the Judicial Authority throughout the Protection Program period, regularly reassess the risk to which the Protected Person may be exposed.

Subject to the provisions of Article (18) of the Law, the Protection Program shall be terminated if the Protected Person is convicted of any of the following crimes during the implementation of the Program: 1. Crimes aga…

1. The termination of the Protection Program for a Protected Person shall not terminate it for the rest of Protected Persons enrolled in the Protection Program. 2. If the Protection Program is terminated by a decision is…

1. A register of Protected Persons shall be created in the Protection Unit and shall contain the following information: a. Details on the Protection Programs; b. Details on the Protected Persons; c. Any changes introduce…

The Competent Court’s hearings in actions related to the Protected Person or the Protection Program shall be held in camera, unless otherwise ordered by the court. All confidential materials submitted by the Protection U…

1. The Protection Programs shall be implemented with the relevant authorities according to the following controls: a. Maintaining the confidentiality of the data of the Protected Persons and procedures taken between the …

The Competent Authority may enter into a contract with private security companies for implementing the Protection Program. A Security Guard charged with implementing a Protection Program shall fulfill the following requi…

In order to implement the Protection Programs and prevent any harm to the Protected Person, the Security Guard shall, while performing his job, carry out the following duties and functions: 1. Securing persons, transport…

The annual budget of the Protection Unit shall be set in coordination between the Ministry and the Ministry of Finance.

This Resolution shall be published in the Official Gazette, and shall enter into force as of the day following the date of its publication.

Risk levels and protection measures: 1. First level — High risk threatening the life of the protected person, family members or persons connected to the protected person. Measures: physical protection; change of residenc…

1. Physical protection — Means: protection by security guards or other appropriate means. Objective: preserving the life of the protected person, the lives of relatives or property. 2. Change of residence — Means: changi…