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.

Morocco - HR Instruments

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

ICCPR: Ratified on 03.05.1979
Optional Protocol: No

Last State report: Overdue since 07.07.2015
Last concluding observations: 01.12.2004

Convention against Torture (CAT)

CAT: Ratified on 21.06.1993
Optional Protocol: Accessed on 24.11.2014
Art. 20 (Confidential inquiry): Yes
Art. 22 (Individual communications): Yes

Last State report: 30.06.2013
Last concluding observations: 21.12.2011

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

CED: Ratified on 14.05.2013
Art. 33 (Inquiry procedure): Yes

State report: Overdue since 14.06.2015
Last concluding observations: N/A

Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

Last review: 05.2012 (2nd cycle)
Next review: -

National Human Rights Institution (NHRI)

Conseil National des Droits de l'Homme (CNDH) – Status A

Last review: 10.2010
Next review: 11.2015