Kuwait

Abduction 5
Access to procedures 3
Access to water 1
Airports 2
Anglican 8
Anti-terrorism law 1
Appeal / Right to appeal 3
Arabs 4
Arbitrary arrest and detention 43
Armed forces / Military 12
Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 9
Armenian 1
Asylum policy 5
Asylum-migration nexus 2
Asylum-seekers 11
Baha'i 11
Bail 2
Bedoon 80
Blood feuds 1
Border conflict 5
Border controls 2
Buddhist 10
Burden-sharing and international co-operation 2
Catholic 8
Ceasefire 3
Changes of circumstances in home country 1
Child labour 2
Child prostitution 4
Child soldiers 3
Children's rights 26
Children-at-risk 16
Christian 11
Citizenship / Nationality law 12
Civil and political rights 8
Climate change (including environmental migrants) 2
Combatants / Former combatants 1
Communal conflict / Social conflict 3
Conflict resolution 8
Conflict situation 5
Constitutional law 1
Contemporary forms of slavery 3
Convention against Torture (CAT) 3
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 2
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 2
Copts 7
Corruption 10
Country of origin information (COI) 6
Credibility assessment 3
Crimes against humanity 1
Criminal justice 18
Death penalty 35
Demobilization / Disarmament 1
Democracy 7
Denial of nationality 2
Denial of refugee status 1
Deportation / Forcible return 21
Disappeared persons 29
Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 32
Domestic violence 9
Economic, social and cultural rights 22
Effective protection 1
Effective remedy 7
Egyptians 1
Election law 2
Elections 21
Embargo 3
Emigrants 1
Entry / Exit 2
Episcopalian 5
Equality before the law 2
Evangelical 8
Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 3
Exiles 2
Expulsion 4
Extradition 1
Extrajudicial executions 18
False documents 1
Family reunification 2
Female genital mutilation (FGM) 2
Filipinos 1
Forced labour 28
Forced marriage 1
Foreign occupation 18
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 31
Freedom of assembly and association 76
Freedom of conscience 4
Freedom of expression 166
Freedom of information 88
Freedom of movement 35
Freedom of religion 61
Freedom of speech 69
Fresh / New claim 1
Gender discrimination 42
Gender mainstreaming 2
Gender-based persecution 7
Good governance 15
Good offices 1
Grounds for persecution 1
HIV and AIDS 3
Habitual residence 1
Harmful traditional practices 2
Hindu 11
Honour killings 3
Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 6
Human Rights Council 10
Human rights activists 15
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 51
Human rights monitors 9
Humanitarian assistance 22
Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 2
Immigrants 2
Immigration Detention 5
Immigration law 1
Immunity 2
Impunity 7
Independence of judiciary 7
Internal armed conflict 1
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 4
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 4
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 2
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 3
International armed conflict 1
International courts and tribunals 1
International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 4
International protection 4
Iranians 1
Kachin 1
Kurd 2
Labour law 2
Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 1
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 15
Maronite 5
Mental health 2
Mentally disadvantaged persons 1
Migrant rights 25
Migrants 45
Military operations 7
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 5
Minorities 14
Minority rights 5
Mormon 6
Multiple nationality 2
Muslim 19
National security / Public order 6
Naturalization 2
Nomads 2
Non-refoulement 2
Non-state agents of persecution 1
Opposition 14
Orthodox Christian 8
Palestinian 13
Passports 5
Peace agreements 5
Peace process 1
Peacekeeping 7
Persecution based on nationality 3
Persecution based on political opinion 16
Persecution of family members 1
Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 11
Persons not in need of international protection 2
Persons with disabilities 7
Police 11
Political groups 5
Political parties 8
Political situation 32
Polygamy 1
Population transfers 1
Pre-trial detention 2
Prison or detention conditions 16
Prisoners of war 3
Proof of nationality 1
Property restitution 11
Prostitution / Commercial sex work 8
Protestant 6
Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 9
Public health 4
Racial / Ethnic persecution 10
Refugee seamen 2
Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 13
Refugee travel documents / CTDs 2
Refugees 14
Registration 3
Rejected asylum-seekers 4
Religious discrimination 25
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 16
Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 1
Resettlement 1
Residence permits / Residency 23
Returnees 1
Right to a nationality 19
Right to education 8
Right to employment 13
Right to family life 4
Right to food 1
Right to justice 2
Right to leave 2
Right to liberty and security 3
Right to life 2
Right to registration at birth 3
Right to return 6
Right to self-determination 5
Rights of non-citizens 10
Rohingya (Arakanese) 2
Roma 2
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 8
SGBV 31
Sale of children 2
Sanctions 11
Security forces 15
Security situation 26
Seventh Day Adventist 6
Sexual and reproductive rights 4
Sharia law 1
Shia 27
Sikh 12
Single heads of household 1
Smuggling of persons 2
Social group discrimination 17
Social group persecution 8
State protection 5
Statelessness 74
Statelessness Determination Procedures 1
Sufi 1
Sunni 16
Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 4
Terrorism 40
Threats / Intimidation 4
Torture 9
Trafficking in persons 57
Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 4
Travel documents 4
Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 1
Uighur 2
Unaccompanied / Separated children 4
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 12
Visas 13
Voluntary repatriation 13
Withdrawal of nationality 5
Witnesses 1
Women's rights 64
Women-at-risk 16
Work permits 11
Yazīdī 2

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Freedom in the World 2017 - Kuwait 1 September 2017 \| Publisher: Freedom House \| Document type: Annual Reports
2016 Report on International Religious Freedom - Kuwait 15 August 2017 \| Publisher: United States Department of State \| Document type: Annual Reports
Country Reports on Terrorism 2016 - Kuwait 19 July 2017 \| Publisher: United States Department of State \| Document type: Annual Reports
Arab Gulf States: Assault on Online Activists 12 July 2017 \| Publisher: Human Rights Watch \| Document type: Country News
2017 Trafficking in Persons Report - Kuwait 27 June 2017 \| Publisher: United States Department of State \| Document type: Annual Reports
Kuwait reduces death sentence of 'mastermind' of pro-Iran cell 18 June 2017 \| Publisher: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty \| Document type: Country News
Report of the Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice on its mission to Kuwait 24 May 2017 \| Publisher: UN Human Rights Council \| Document type: Mission Reports
Annual Report 2016 - Kuwait (regional) 23 May 2017 \| Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) \| Document type: Annual Reports
Thousands of migrants rescued on Mediterranean in a single day – UN agency 19 May 2017 \| Publisher: UN News Service \| Document type: Country News
Kuwait: Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy 15 May 2017 \| Publisher: United States Congressional Research Service \| Document type: Country Reports

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