Nationality and Cases of Statelessness in the Middle East and North Africa ensuring due process. For instance, in Saudi Arabia, where the state has identified behaviour, such as the rendering of services to a foreign state or other similar grounds, which are grounds under the law for withdrawal of nationality: “the Saudi national shall be warned about the consequences of his deed in a proper manner three months at least before issuance of the decree of withdrawal of the Saudi Arabian nationality”.181 Yet it is not apparent that the individual would be able to take action to spare him or herself from denationalisation, contest the authorities’ assessment of the situation or appeal against the subsequent issuance of the decree of withdrawal of nationality. The value of this type of provision is therefore unclear. Certainly, the absence of jurisdiction for the courts in nationality matters in the majority of MENA countries is of serious concern given the manifold problems that are seen in practice with regard to the implementation of nationality law – as touched upon in section 5 of this chapter. In the case of Kuwait, one of the common complaints with regard to the protracted situation of statelessness faced by the Bidoon is the lack of any procedure to review nationality cases or to compel the competent authorities to take a decision on 181 - Article 13, Saudi Arabian Nationality System, 1954. 138