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Number of results found: 56

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Kuwait

157.291 Provide access to adequate social services and education to stateless persons, the Bidoon, and process their nationality applications in accordance with international standards.

157.291 Provide access to adequate social services and education to stateless persons, the Bidoon, and process their nationality applications in accordance with international standards.

Recommending State: Belgium

Recommendation Accepted

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Protection/Enjoyment of rights Access to nationality/Naturalization
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/44/17
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Kuwait

157.78 Review the personal status laws and the Nationality Act to eliminate all discrimination against women, including granting Kuwaiti women equal rights with men in passing on their nationality to their children. 

157.78 Review the personal status laws and the Nationality Act to eliminate all discrimination against women, including granting Kuwaiti women equal rights with men in passing on their nationality to their children. 

Recommending State: Austria

Recommendation Noted

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Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Kuwait

157.298 Accelerate the legislative process to resolve the Bidoon issue, by granting Kuwaiti citizenship to Bidoon people, ensuring non-discriminatory access to social services, and guaranteeing that they can exercise their rights to freedom of movement, peaceful assembly, opinion and...

157.298 Accelerate the legislative process to resolve the Bidoon issue, by granting Kuwaiti citizenship to Bidoon people, ensuring non-discriminatory access to social services, and guaranteeing that they can exercise their rights to freedom of movement, peaceful assembly, opinion and expression.

Recommending State: Germany

Recommendation Accepted

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Protection/Enjoyment of rights Remedy/Reparation Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/44/17
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Kuwait

157.294 Intensify efforts to eradicate statelessness, through measures to accelerate the regularization of Bidoon individuals and to provide them with full access to documentation and social services.

157.294 Intensify efforts to eradicate statelessness, through measures to accelerate the regularization of Bidoon individuals and to provide them with full access to documentation and social services.

Recommending State: Brazil

Recommendation Accepted

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Protection/Enjoyment of rights Lack of documents/Access to documentation Remedy/Reparation
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/44/17
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Kuwait

157.85 Remove all gender-discriminatory provisions from the Nationality Law.

157.85 Remove all gender-discriminatory provisions from the Nationality Law.

Recommending State: Czechia

Recommendation Noted

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Kuwait

157.296 Finalize the development of and implement a comprehensive solution to the legal status of the Bidoon that conforms to international law. 

157.296 Finalize the development of and implement a comprehensive solution to the legal status of the Bidoon that conforms to international law. 

Recommending State: Australia

Recommendation Noted

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Remedy/Reparation
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/44/17
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Kuwait

157.16 Accede to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and put in place a transparent process that addresses the concerns of the Bidoon people.

157.16 Accede to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and put in place a transparent process that addresses the concerns of the Bidoon people.

Recommending State: Ireland

Recommendation Noted

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Protection/Enjoyment of rights International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/44/17
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Kuwait

157.76 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.

157.76 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: United States of America

Recommendation Noted

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Kuwait

157.231 Continue efforts towards equality between women and men and the fight against violence against women, by repealing article 182 of the Criminal Code and amending the Nationality Act in order to ensure gender equality in the transmission of nationality.

157.231 Continue efforts towards equality between women and men and the fight against violence against women, by repealing article 182 of the Criminal Code and amending the Nationality Act in order to ensure gender equality in the transmission of nationality.

Recommending State: France

Recommendation Noted

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Kuwait

157.292 Provide legal documentation and basic services to all stateless persons, including the Bidoon community. 

157.292 Provide legal documentation and basic services to all stateless persons, including the Bidoon community. 

Recommending State: United States of America

Recommendation Accepted

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Protection/Enjoyment of rights Lack of documents/Access to documentation
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/44/17