134.227
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that access to justice and remedies are available to all, including vulnerable groups such as migrant workers
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
134.79
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure access to justice for all, in particular vulnerable and minority groups, including women and migrant workers
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Migrants
- Minority rights
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
148.284
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take measures to ensure that migrant workers and their families have access to justice, regardless of their immigration status
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Date added
- Apr 23, 2021
148.281
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Provide detained migrants with legal aid and interpretation services and guarantee the right of all to have their situation reviewed, the right to appeal and the right to reparations or compensation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Detention
- Migrants
- Date added
- Apr 23, 2021
148.155
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that all detained persons have access to formal judicial processes and that the minimum standards for their treatment are respected
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Detention
- Date added
- Apr 23, 2021
31.343
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt policies to combat violence against women and girls that ensure access to justice for victims and that include public awareness campaigns
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Gender-based violence
- Human rights education and training
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Nov 9, 2020
31.282
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Identify all juveniles tried in adult courts, overturn those verdicts and refer all such defendants to juvenile courts
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Nov 9, 2020
31.148
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guarantee the right to a fair trial in accordance with international obligations and end all military trials of civilians
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Access to justice
- International humanitarian law
- Date added
- Nov 9, 2020
31.143
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take measures to ensure access to justice and due process for all persons accused of criminal offences, including those relating to security and terrorism, such as access to a lawyer and consular assistance in cases involving foreign nationals
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Human rights and terrorism
- Date added
- Nov 9, 2020
31.128
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Release detainees held for exercising their rights to freedom of expression or association, and ensure fair trial guarantees for those remaining in detention
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Detention
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Date added
- Nov 9, 2020
31.96
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Stop arbitrary deprivation of life and guarantee fair trial, particularly for those accused of crimes punishable by death
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Death penalty
- Extrajudicial executions
- Date added
- Nov 9, 2020
31.89
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guarantee the rights of prisoners to regular family visits, medical treatment and access to lawyers, including in high-security prisons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Detention
- Right to health
- Date added
- Nov 9, 2020
31.88
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Restrict the excessive use of pretrial detention and police probation measures to the narrow limits outlined in article 54 of the Constitution
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Detention
- Date added
- Nov 9, 2020
147.184
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take further steps to ensure that persons deprived of their liberty are held in supervised places of detention and have access to their families and lawyers, and inform the latter of their fate, whereabouts and legal status
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Detention
- Date added
- Oct 30, 2020
147.179
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that the right to due process, to a presumption of innocence and to a fair trial, as guaranteed under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, is fully vindicated; those who are detained must have access to legal advice, and must be given an opportunity to defend themselves
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Access to justice
- CP rights - general
- International instruments
- Date added
- Oct 30, 2020
147.172
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Investigate promptly all allegations of torture and ill-treatment and strengthen legislation to ensure due process and trials that fully meet international standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Oct 30, 2020
147.171
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure full respect for all fair trial and due process guarantees enshrined in article 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Access to justice
- CP rights - general
- International instruments
- Date added
- Oct 30, 2020
147.132
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Limit capital punishment to the most serious crimes and reform anti- terrorist legislation so as to guarantee a fair trial for the accused
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Death penalty
- Human rights and terrorism
- Date added
- Oct 30, 2020
129.84
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Fully implement the March 2016 trafficking legislation so that all perpetrators of human trafficking are brought to justice and victims adequately compensated
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Trafficking
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2020
157.143
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Engage effectively with human rights advocates when they report procedural irregularities and due process concerns in respect of particular cases or classes of cases
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
157.142
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take measures to prevent arbitrary detention and abuses of State authority, including by ensuring the effective guarantee of due process and the avoidance of systematic and sustained pretrial detention
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Detention
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Justice
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
157.140
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement additional measures to combat domestic violence that make available mechanisms for protection, access to justice and effective reparation for victims of violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Gender-based violence
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
157.76
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen women’s rights by amending the Nationality Law to ensure Kuwaiti women have equal rights with men to transmit citizenship and by beginning data collection on gender-based violence and ensuring access to justice for all victims, to include domestic workers
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Gender-based violence
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
142.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Compensate all those affected by these coercive measures, provide them with fair access to justice and reparation, and bring those responsible for their human rights violations to account
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
141.216
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish measures to facilitate access to justice, interpretation services and quality legal aid for migrant workers, stateless persons and domestic workers
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Migrants
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
122.249
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to take steps in ensuring that migrant workers and members of their families have effective access to justice and remedy, and to provide appropriate and timely consular notification to the sending States of any legal case
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
122.232
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the dynamic in favour of women’s rights by ensuring more access to justice for women and girls who are victims of domestic violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
122.182
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Put an end to arbitrary detention, ensure the safety of detainees, reveal their whereabouts and inform them of the charges against them, in addition to ensuring their right to access to justice and fair trial, and the immediate release of all detainees without legal justification
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Detention
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
122.92
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that the treatment of persons suspected of acts of terrorism strictly complies with international human rights law and abolish the public prosecutor’s discretion to forbid detainees’ access to a lawyer
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Human rights and terrorism
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
134.263
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take appropriate measures to eliminate obstacles that stand in the way of the rights of migrant workers when it comes to access to justice, guarantee all measures to protect them from ill-treatment and abuse while punishing the perpetrators of abuse, and ensure that they get paid on time
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020