Suzan El Tahhan Bidoons: A Statelessness Plight in Kuwait ‫مجلة الدراسات القانونية واالقتصادية‬ Table of Contents INTRODUCTION I. GENERAL BACKGROUND I.A. WHO ARE BIDOON? I.B. HISTORICAL VIEW I.C. REASONS FOR DISCRIMINATION AGAINST BIDOON I.D. FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION I.E. DISCRIMINATORY CULTURE TRANSLATED INTO NATIONAL LAWS II. LEGAL STATUS OF BIDOON II.A. INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION II.A.1. UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE RIGHT TO NATIONALITY II.A.2. PROTECTION OF THE 1954 CONVENTION RELATING TO THE STATUS OF STATELESS PERSONS AND THE 1951 REFUGEE CONVENTION II.A.3. BEST DURABLE SOLUTIONS UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW II.B. INTERNATIONAL LEGAL OBLIGATIONS ON KUWAIT III. ROLE OF UNHCR, CIVIL SOCIETY, AND “CULTURAL APPROPRIATION” IN RESOLVING BIDOON SOCIO-LEGAL PARADOX CONCLUSION REFERENCES 4