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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.
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International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

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