S TAT E L E S S B Y D E C R E E A P P E NDIX 2 AP PE N D I X 2 — CO N T I N U ED D AT E M E ASURE 2010–11 The GoK proposes to create different categories of Bidoon registration. 2011 Demonstrations by Bidoons gather pace and are met by increased repression. Sep 2019 The legal status of Kuwait’s stateless community reemerges in national and parliamentary debate and discourse. Oct 2019 The Kuwait Bar Association sets out proposed legislation relating to the stateless community, followed by legislation tabled by parliamentarian Thamer al-Thufairi. Nov 2019 Parliament speaker, Marzouq al-Ghanim tables draft legislation supported by the GoK, on the status of the stateless Bidoon community. Feb / Mar 2020 emergence of Covid-19 in Kuwait 20 Sep 2020 Parliament ordinary session no. 4, meeting 19: (page 15), under item No. 48: Committee of Human Rights, Women’s Rights, and Family, [discusses a bill which] seeks to: define “stateless persons” based on international treaties; replace “illegal residents” with “stateless persons” in all governmental bodies; compel the Central Agency to quantify and limit the number of names applicable under their (and several other governmental) jurisdictions; compel the Public Authority of Civil Information to release their documentation cards with up to 5 years’ validity subject to renewal; incorporate stateless people under the same Labour Law as that applicable to GCC-nationals under law no. 1/2016 of the private sector; implement executive regulations relative to the protection and performance of the bill. 6 Nov 2022 Amiri decree issued to form The Supreme Committee for the Verification of Kuwaiti Citizenship, chaired by the Minister of Interior, with membership from the Ministers of Defense and Justice. 16 Dec 2023 Mishal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah becomes Amir of Kuwait, following the death of Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber alSabah. Jan 2024 Kuwait elected to the 47-member United Nations’ Human Rights Council for the January 2024 — December 2026 cycle. 10 May 2024 The Amir suspends the National Assembly, citing breaches of the Kuwaiti constitution, including the use of “offensive and inappropriate” language towards the Amir. 60