Saudi Arabia
Mohammed B. S., Ahmed A.-A. (known as the Jamal Khashoggi case, named after the victim)
Type of liability
Personne physique
Alleged perpetrator(s)
Ahmed A.-A. Mohammed B. S.
Nationality of alleged perpetrator(s)
Saudi
Legal classification of crime(s)
Torture and acts of barbarity (Al-Asiri)
Complicity in torture and acts of barbarity &
Complicity in enforced disappearance (MBS)
Source of the complaint
NGO
Ongoing proceedings
non
Regime
2 - 689-1 CPP
Summary of facts
A journalist in exile in the United States who wrote columns on the regime of Mohammed B. S. in the Washington Post, Jamal Khashoggi disappeared inside the consulate of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul, Turkey, on October 2, 2018. His body has never been found.
Mohammed B.S., Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, and General Ahmed A.-A., one of his personal advisers, are implicated in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
Amnesty International France recalls that everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty according to law.
Legal proceedings
July 28, 2022: DAWN and Trial International file a complaint against Mohammed B.S. (MBS) for “complicity in torture” and “complicity in enforced disappearance.” Reporteurs sans Frontières (RSF) also files a complaint against MBS.<br />
In January 2023: As the Public Prosecutor’s Office opposes the opening of an investigation, considering that the NGOs’ complaints are inadmissible, the case is dropped.<br />
May 11, 2026: The Court of Appeal granted the associations’ requests and ordered the opening of a judicial investigation.</p>
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Complaint
Names of NGOs / Victim(s)
TRIAL International
DAWN
Reporteurs sans Frontières"
Legal basis for jurisdiction (article)
Court of Assizes judgment
Court of Appeal ruling
Court of Cassation ruling
Sources
Amnesty International, « Un an après, où en est-on dans l'affaire Khashoggi ? », 2019
Le Monde, « Affaire Khashoggi : plainte à Paris contre le prince héritier saoudien », 2022