S TAT E L E S S B Y D E C R E E TEXT BOX 3 Sample selection of human rights violations arising from the GoK’s 2024-2026 citizenship stripping campaign The decisions of the Supreme Committee for the Investigation of Kuwaiti Nationality appear to have violated a selection of Kuwaitʼs international human rights commitments. Please consult the texts of the ICCPR and the CEDAW where needed.63 In respect to the iccpr, violations may include of articles: • 2.3 - removing the right to a remedy; • 3 - disproportionately targeting women; • 9 - eroding the right to liberty and security of person; • 14 - ending equality before the courts by removing peopleʼs legal status; • 23 - rejecting the family as fundamental unit of society and • 24.3 - disregarding the right of children to acquire a nationality. In respect to the CEDAW, violations may include of articles: • 1, by imposing distinction, exclusion or restriction made on the basis of sex; • 2, by engaging in discrimination against women; • 7, by restricting the right of women to take part in the political and public life of the country; • 9, by rejecting womenʼs equal right to acquire, change or retain nationality; • 12, by restricting equal access to healthcare by way of arbitrary nationality determinations; and • 13, by imposing changes in the economic life of women through the arbitrary change of nationality. 29