1. Sports Entities Law (Royal Decree 59/2026)

Promulgated under Royal Decree No. 59/2026, the new Sports Entities Law represents a historic structural shift for athletic associations, commercial clubs, and national sporting committees in Oman. The law establishes an adaptive framework for sports commercialization, allowing clubs to restructure into corporate commercial entities, launch corporate marketing structures, and manage public/private asset portfolios. Crucially, the law introduces robust, independent arbitration and dispute-resolution mechanism updates, prohibiting traditional court litigation in professional sports disputes and enacting advanced anti-doping frameworks.

2. Omani Human Rights Commission Reorganization (Royal Decree 47/2026)

Royal Decree No. 47/2026 overhauls the organizational structure, operational mandate, and administrative independence of the national human rights watchdog—the Omani Human Rights Commission. This update aligns the national monitoring system with modern international frameworks (such as the Paris Principles for national human rights bodies). It provides the commission with absolute investigatory, reporting, and functional independence, bolstering institutional transparency, complaint handling, and international legal standing.

3. Combating Human Trafficking Law (Royal Decree 78/2025)

Enacted to replace the outdated 2008 legislative framework, Royal Decree No. 78/2025 creates an expansive and modern penal and protective law to combat human trafficking. It expands criminality parameters to cover advanced cyber-enabled exploitation, and enforces significantly harsher criminal sentences and financial penalties for perpetrators. Simultaneously, it integrates comprehensive international victim-protection models, safeguarding witness/victim data from public exposure, guaranteeing specialized healthcare, legal aid, and secure rehabilitation programs.