28 October 2011

Kuwait: Kuwait meets Human Rights Committee experts

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On 20 and 21 October 2011, a Kuwaiti delegation led by the Kuwaiti ambassador to Geneva, Dahrar Al-Razooki, met with the Human Rights Committee experts at the Palais Wilson in Geneva, Switzerland to discuss Kuwait's human rights record. The following videos are recordings of the sessions with English translations:
1st session, 20 October 2011:

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2nd session, 21 October 2011:

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3rd session, 21 October 2011:

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The concluding observations of Kuwait's review are available for download.

Below is an interview by the Center for Civil and Political Rights with Gerald L. Neuman (United State of America), discussing the committees work on Kuwait.

Djibouti - HR Instruments

 

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

ICCPR: Accessed on 05.11.2002
Optional Protocol: Accessed on 05.11.2002

State report: Due on 01.11.2017 (2nd)
Last concluding observations: 18.11.2013

Convention against Torture (CAT)

CAT: Accessed on 05.11.2002
Optional Protocol: No
Art. 20 (Confidential inquiry): Yes
Art. 22 (Individual communications): No

State report: Due on 25.11.2015
Last concluding observations: 22.12.2011

International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CED)

No

Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

Last review: 04.2013 (2nd cycle)
Next review: -

National Human Rights Institution (NHRI)

Commission Nationale des Droits de l'Homme (CNDH) – Not accredited