Suzan El Tahhan Bidoons: A Statelessness Plight in Kuwait ‫مجلة الدراسات القانونية واالقتصادية‬ II.B. International Legal Obligations on Kuwait International human rights reviews, including the May 2010 review of Kuwait's human rights record at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, the annual U.S. State Department Human Rights Report, and briefing papers issued by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, have highlighted the systematic discrimination against Bidoons in Kuwait. Yet, the government continues to refer to grants and charitable donations, rather than firm legal amendments, as an adequate response to the prolonged problem of statelessness on its territory.75 Though Kuwait has ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), in addition to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), while committed to the progressive realization of the rights therein, including the rights to work, health, and education; the government has increased its restrictions against Bidoons and denied their access to these rights. Where the government has expanded access to these rights for citizens, it still fails to guarantee the Bidoons access to education, primary healthcare, and legal opportunities for employment.76 Under Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), along with Article 14 of the ICESCR, every person has a right to education. The right to education requires that states provide all children with free and compulsory elementary education as well as available and accessible secondary education. Article 26 states that: "Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. 75 Human Rights Watch, Prisoners of the Past: Kuwaiti Bidoons and the Burden of Statelessness, 13 June 2011, P.24, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/4df7191b2.html [accessed 23 December 2015]. 76 Ibid P.31 31