As a State Party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), Kuwait will be reviewed by the Human rights Committee (HRCtee) during its third review in July this year. The HRCtee, a monitoring body of 18 independent experts, will discuss the country's implementation of the rights enshrined in the ICCPR. In this regard, the HRCtee adopted, on 4 December 2015, a list of 27 issues to be discussed during the review. Among the main concerns raised is compulsory DNA collection, the death penalty and the practice of torture, discrimination against Stateless persons known as the Beduns, the lack of independence of the judiciary and the violent crackdown on peaceful gatherings severely restricting the right to freedom of speech and assembly.

On 12 January 2016, Kuwait's new Cyber Crime Law no. 63, which contains provisions that severely restrict freedom of expression on the internet, came into force. Several human rights NGOs criticised this law, as its broad definitions can be used to punish peaceful opposition and dissenting voices. In a State where fundamental rights and freedoms are extremely restricted, the enactment of such law is particularly concerning. Alkarama, therefore, denounced this law to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression (SR FRDX), David Kaye, on 27 January 2016, asking him to call upon the Kuwaiti authorities to repeal it.

On 19 November 2015, Alkarama sent two communications, one to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (SRT) and one to the UN Working Group on Enforced Disappearances (WGEID), regarding the case of 20-year-old Egyptian student Omar Abdulrahman Ahmed Youssef Mabrouk, who was extradited to Egypt, where he is at high risk of torture and trial by a military tribunal, on 2 November 2015. Before Omar's extradition, Alkarama had sent an urgent appeal to the SRT, requesting him to urge Kuwaiti authorities to reject Egypt's request for extradition and to release him immediately.

On 23 October 2015, Alkarama sent an urgent appeal to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (SRT) regarding the case of 20-year-old Egyptian student Omar Abdulrahman Ahmed Youssef Mabrouk, who disappeared after his arrest by State Security forces in Kuwait City in early October 2015.