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 28

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