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Sample selection of human rights violations arising from the
GoK’s 2024-2026 citizenship stripping campaign
The decisions of the Supreme Committee for the Investigation of Kuwaiti Nationality
appear to have violated a selection of Kuwaitʼs international human rights commitments.
Please consult the texts of the ICCPR and the CEDAW where needed.63
In respect to the iccpr, violations may include of articles:
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2.3 - removing the right to a remedy;
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3 - disproportionately targeting women;
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9 - eroding the right to liberty and security of person;
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14 - ending equality before the courts by removing peopleʼs legal status;
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23 - rejecting the family as fundamental unit of society and
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24.3 - disregarding the right of children to acquire a nationality.
In respect to the CEDAW, violations may include of articles:
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1, by imposing distinction, exclusion or restriction made on the basis of sex;
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2, by engaging in discrimination against women;
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7, by restricting the right of women to take part in the political and public life of the
country;
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9, by rejecting womenʼs equal right to acquire, change or retain nationality;
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12, by restricting equal access to healthcare by way of arbitrary nationality
determinations; and
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13, by imposing changes in the economic life of women through the arbitrary change of
nationality.
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