157.173
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure all employers are aware of their obligations under Kuwaiti law concerning domestic workers, including the illegality of passport confiscation and debt bondage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
157.145
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Protect freedom of expression for all, including online, by repealing legislation that does not comply with article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- International instruments
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
157.20
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt an open, merit-based process when selecting national candidates for United Nations treaty body elections
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Treaty bodies
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement the strategic plan to resolve the issue of stateless individuals in Kuwait, through a transparent system in which individuals whose nationality and status is unresolved can either attain Kuwaiti nationality rightfully or otherwise regularize their situation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enact as a matter of priority a new media law guaranteeing freedom of expression, particularly social media, so people can express views without fear of retribution and with defamation covered under the civil rather than criminal code
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
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