S TAT E L E S S B Y D E C R E E
International human rights law
violations in citizenship revocation
and 2024/6 amendments
The GoKʼs Supreme Committee for the Investigation of Kuwaiti Nationality has violated
Kuwaitʼs international human rights commitments. In respect to the ICCPR, the GoK
ignored:
I CCP R
WHAT THE GoK IGNORED
Article 2.3 removed the right to a remedy;
Article 3
acted to disproportionately target women;
Article 9
eroded the right to liberty and security of person;
Article 14
ended equality before the courts by removing peopleʼs legal status;
Article 23
rejected the family as fundamental unit of society; and
Article 24
disregarded the right of children to acquire a nationality.
In respect to Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the GoK has violated:
CE D AW
HOW THE GoK VIOLATED IT
Article 1
by imposing distinction, exclusion or restriction made on the basis of sex;
Article 2
by engaging in discrimination against women;
Article 7
by restricting the right of women to take part in the political and public life of the country;
Article 9
by rejecting womenʼs equal right to acquire, change or retain nationality;
Article 12
by restricting equal access to healthcare by way of arbitrary nationality determinations;
Article 13
by imposing changes in the economic life of women through the arbitrary change of
nationality; and
Other
Other provisions, including in other legally binding instruments.62
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