156.177
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure access to comprehensive, affordable and accessible support for all survivors of sexual violence, including those who do not report the crime to the police
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
150.152
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider establishing specialized centres so that all survivors of sexual violence can be comprehensively assisted by a specialized team
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
150.141
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish a mechanism to ensure that women’s access to sexual and reproductive health services is not impeded by refusals to provide abortion services on the grounds of conscience
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
110.116
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enact the Domestic Violence Bill, support its immediate implementation and strengthen coordinated essential services and referral pathways between the health, social services, police and justice sectors in order to respond to gender-based violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
115.165
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Address barriers preventing women and girls from accessing sexual and reproductive health services as made available by the 2016 guidelines on the prevention of unsafe abortions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
140.193
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Fully implement the Criminal Code provisions on bride kidnapping and the Law prohibiting child marriage of 2016 and ensure that those breaching those laws are held accountable
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
157.79.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend the Nationality Act to enable Kuwaiti women to transfer nationality to their children and spouses on an equal basis with men
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
80.108
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement national media campaigns, training for State officials, and education programmes in all schools to eliminate gender stereotypes and negative social norms that are root causes of gender-based discrimination and violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Human rights education and training
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
142.227
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure a strong multisectoral response to combat violence against women, with the capacity to investigate cases, and enhance access to justice for survivors
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Gender-based violence
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.129
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure access to contraceptives and safe, timely abortion services in order to guarantee sexual and reproductive health and rights for all, in line with existing legislation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
119.185
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take effective measures, including the strengthening of existing legislation, to prevent child, early and forced marriages in practice, and to bring national legislation into line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
119.151
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Increase efforts to promote men’s involvement in fighting gender inequality and to also promote free access of women to modern family planning methods
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
113.174
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend legislation to criminalize marital rape and remove provisions which discriminate against women, including exceptions to the prohibition of early and enforced marriage in the Criminal Code
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
94.105
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Decriminalize abortion in all circumstances and remove legal, administrative and practical barriers to accessing safe and legal abortion services
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Right to health
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
153.181
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to reform relevant legislation, including the Criminal Code, in order to fully criminalize domestic violence, in line with the Istanbul and Lanzarote Conventions, and move towards the ratification of these two instruments
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
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