N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify/accede to OP-CAT
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, OP-CAT and the ILO Conventions that it has not ratified to date
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Justice
- Labour rights
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider the ratification of the international human rights treaties to which it is not yet a party, including OP-CAT and ICCPR-OP 1 and ICCPR-OP 2, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- Death penalty
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (ICRMW)
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Migrants
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt a general law that sanctions discrimination for any reason, in particular against women and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGTBI) persons
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Approve the new Law on Childhood and include the prohibition of corporal punishment in all settings
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Eliminate corporal punishment as a disciplinary measure in the home and take measures to establish a complaints and investigation procedure for acts of violence against children
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Prepare and adopt legal and administrative measures with a view to investigating and prosecuting acts of discrimination, stigmatization and violence against LGBTI persons
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue strengthening the increasing participation of women in public life
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Deepen the legal and administrative measures aiming at facilitating access to Kuwaiti nationality to stateless persons residing in Kuwait, as well as to children of foreign or stateless fathers born in the territory
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue providing important assistance for the development of countries in the South, particularly in the areas regarding fundamental rights
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to development
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take measures to regularize the so-called "illegal residents" to ensure that all their rights are respected in accordance with international standards
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Migrants
157.84
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue providing support for the work of international humanitarian organizations, including OHCHR
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
- Human rights defenders
157.190
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue consolidating measures to improve the legislation on the right to health that guarantees universal access to health-care services
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
157.230
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to consolidate national mechanisms that allow the greater participation and equality of women, as well as promoting and protecting the rights and well-being of women and girls
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
157.214
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to strengthen the policy in favour of gender equality and the empowerment of women
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
157.281
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen protection of the rights of migrant workers, particularly domestic workers, including by creating a specialized labour inspection body and criminalizing the retention of passports by employers
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Migrants
157.293
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Make every effort to solve cases of statelessness, recognizing when necessary the right to acquire Kuwaiti nationality, in particular for the Bidoon population
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
157.11.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
157.39.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
157.40.3
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Migrants
157.79.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend the Nationality Act to guarantee that women can transmit their nationality, on an equal basis with men, to their spouses and children
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue ongoing efforts to guarantee the rights of persons with disabilities, including through the enactment of a new law that would broaden existing guarantees, as noted in the national report
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue providing support for the work of international humanitarian organizations, including OHCHR
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Promote legislation in the area of gender equality
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish a moratorium on the death penalty and advance towards the total abolition of this practice
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
157.4
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify ICCPR-OP 2
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
157.109
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Further pursue efforts to promote sustainable economic and social development within the framework of Kuwait Vision 2035 and other national development plans
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National action plan
- Right to development
157.113
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider the impact of climate change on human rights in national planning and decision-making
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Environment and human rights