On the occasion of World Investor Week, the Union of Arab Securities Authorities (UASA) issued a guideline paper on investor rights. The issuance of this paper comes in implementation of the directives of the Union Board, which were included in the Union’s strategic plan for the years 2021-2025, specifically those related to the goals and initiatives of investor education and awareness and financial inclusion pillar. The issuance of this paper also came through the efforts of the working group in charge with implementing the goals and initiatives of the fifth pillar of the Union’s strategic plan on investor education and awareness and financial inclusion, in cooperation with the General Secretariat of the Union. This paper aims to compile the rules for protecting investor rights and then disseminate them for general benefit among the members of the working group and the members of the Union of Arab Securities Authorities in general. This paper is considered as a guide that first recalls the most important international standards in the field of awareness and protection of investor rights, then presents basic foundations for protecting investor rights in financial markets and the areas related to these rights, while adding summaries of experiences of some members of the union. Accordingly, the guidance paper has been published on the Union’s website and is available for review by all Union members and other interested parties through the following link: