Home›Sources›Basic Law of Governance, Saudi Arabia (Royal Decree A/90, 1992) (WIPO Lex)SourcesBasic Law of Governance, Saudi Arabia (Royal Decree A/90, 1992) (WIPO Lex)World Intellectual Property Organization legal database, official English translation, read 2026-08-16Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Basic Law of Governance, Saudi Arabia (Royal Decree A/90, 1992) (WIPO Lex)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/saudi-basic-law-of-governance-1992-wipolex.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Basic Law of Governance, Saudi Arabia (Royal Decree A/90, 1992) (WIPO Lex). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/saudi-basic-law-of-governance-1992-wipolexCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-basic-law-of-governance-saudi-arabia-roy, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Basic Law of Governance, Saudi Arabia (Royal Decree A/90, 1992) (WIPO Lex)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/saudi-basic-law-of-governance-1992-wipolex}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXSaudi Arabia's Basic Law of Governance, promulgated by Royal Decree No. A/90 on 1 March 1992 and hosted in the World Intellectual Property Organization's WIPO Lex legislative database. Read here for Article 1, which declares the Kingdom's religion Islam and names the Quran and the Sunna of the Prophet its constitution, functioning as Saudi Arabia's written constitutional framework in the absence of a separate charter, with no Vatican relations or concordat of any kind.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (8 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationAuthorWell-attestedKingdom of Saudi Arabia, Royal Decree No. A/90PublisherWell-attestedWorld Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO Lex)URLWell-attestedhttps://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/legislation/details/7973Source TypeWell-attestedprimary source / official recordAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1Tier 1: the Basic Law's own text, promulgated by royal decree and hosted in WIPO's official national-legislation database, read for the exact wording of Article 1 naming Islam the Kingdom's religion and the Quran and Sunna its constitution.Claims Backed By This Source (8 claims)This source backs 8 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.Countries, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested7CountriesSaudi ArabiaSourcesBasic Law of Governance, Saudi Arabia (Royal Decree A/90, 1992) (WIPO Lex)General References1CountriesSaudi ArabiaComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year