S TAT E L E S S B Y D E C R E E 02 Include arbitrary deprivation of nationality, statelessness risks, and the treatment of affected communities as standing agenda items in ministerial and FCDO engagement with Kuwaiti counterparts On account of its human rights record, including in relation to the mass, collective and arbitrary stripping of citizenship, EU member states that are members of the Human Rights Council, and the UK: 03 TO Should advocate the participation of other Asia Pacific states and an open, competitive, slate in respect to the election for regional representation at the Human Rights Council (in respect to all regions). If the Asia Pacific regional slate remains closed, the UK and EEAS should not vote for Kuwait in order to reflect international concern over the conduct of the government and its legitimacy in terms of representing international human rights standards. THE OHCHR and UNHCR In light of the longstanding challenge of statelessness represented by Kuwaitʼs stateless Bidoon community, along with the impact of the 2024-2026 citizenship revocation campaign and its impacts, bearing in mind the indivisibility of the human rights framework, our organisations call on the OHCHR to: 01 Organise a meeting of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee, including, as needed, state and civil society participation, to address generalised, but in particular, Kuwaitʼs chronic disregard for core elements of its human rights obligations, whereby the HRC issues, pursuant to paragraph 78 of section (C) Functions, of its foundational resolution, “specific guidelines for the Advisory Committee” so that the latter may, in turn propose (under paragraph 76) “advice [on the] promotion and protection of all human rights”.156 02 Publicly acknowledge that the structure and character of the GoKʼs chronic violations in respect to nationality, and its impact on the indivisible character of the international human rights regime has not adequately, as required under paragraph 87f - addressing admissibility for a complaint to the HRC -“already [been] dealt with by a special procedure, a treaty body or other United Nations or similar regional complaints procedure in the field of human rights”; and that, as per paragraph 87g “Domestic remedies have been exhausted”.157 03 Propose the creation, for a limited time, a working group or other body that reports to the High Commissioner and/or to the HRC itself, in respect to the current human rights impact of statelessness and citizenship stripping, building on dedicated HRC assessments of statelessness in 2013 and a 2023 resolution as well as assessing the impact of state reporting on statelessness in the third cycle of the UPR.158 04 Build upon the September 2025 visit by the Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women and Girls to Kuwait by pressing for a similar visit by the Special Rapporteur on minority issues. 57