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Kuwait’s top court sentences peaceful demonstrators, including current and former MPs, to up to three and a half years in prison

20 Jul 2018

(Geneva, July 20, 2018) – Alkarama has requested the urgent intervention of the United Nations Special Rapporteurs on freedom of expression (SRFRDX) and peaceful assembly (SRPAA) in the case of 20 MPs and opposition activists who were handed their final se

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Alkarama participates in UN Human Rights Council side event “Statelessness and Revocation of Citizenship in the Gulf”

22 Mar 2018

On March 16, 2018, as part of a larger Statelessness Committee of NGOs and academic partners, the Alkarama Foundation participated in a side event organised in the context of the 37th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva to discuss the current situation of statelessness, restrictive nationality laws and the revocation of citizenship in the Gulf.

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Appeal set for February 18 in case of 67 Kuwaiti activists detained after 2011 protest against corruption

16 Feb 2018

Geneva, February 16, 2018 -- On February 12, 2018, Alkarama sent an urgent appeal to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, ahead of the upcoming appeal of 67 opposition activists and members of parliament s

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Our concerns
  • Legal framework which severely restricts the right to freedom of opinion and expression used to prosecute dissenting voices including human rights defenders, journalists and political opponents;
  • Unabated discrimination and marginalisation of the Bidoon community.

 

Human Rights Instruments
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
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Individual Complaint procedure with the Human Rights committee (ICCPR Optional protocol 1) Ratified ?
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Second Optional Protocol of ICCPR (abolition of death penalty) ratified ?
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Next Human Rights Committee State Report due
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment (UNCAT)
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UNCAT Art 20 (confidential inquiries) ratified ?
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International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED)
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Human Rights Council
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Latest Reports
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Kuwait: Committee against Torture - 3rd review - alkarama's Follow up report - June 2017

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Committee Against Torture
Report
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Kuwait: Committee against Torture - 3rd review - alkarama's report - Jul 2016

Kuwait
Committee Against Torture
Report
Kuwait: Human Rights Committee 2016 - Alkarama's Shadow Report - 3rd Periodic Review

Kuwait: Human Rights Committee- 3rd Review- Alkarama's Report - May 2016

Kuwait
Human Rights Committee
Report
Kuwait: Human Rights Committee - 3rd Review - Alkarama's list of issues - Aug 2015

Kuwait: Human Rights Committee - 3rd Review - Alkarama's list of issues - Aug 2015

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Human Rights Committee
Report
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Kuwait: Universal Periodic Review- 2nd cycle- Alkarama's report- Jun 2014

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Universal Periodic Review
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