CCPR

Current Status: Second Periodic Report will be reviewed on 20 and 21 October 2011
		KUWAIT	Ratification					Reservations and Declarations
			ICCPR: OP1: OP2:		21		May 1996 Not a Party Not a Party	Declarations on Articles: 2, paragraph 1; 3; and 23 Reservation on Article 25(b) (See Below)
		Last Report Submitted	18 August 2009 (Due 31 July 2004)					Second Periodic Report
		Next Report Due	Date not yet fixed					Third Periodic Report

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Second Review
State Report To be examined 20 and 21 October 2011 CCPR/C/KWT/2 A | E | F | S				Concluding Observations CCPR/C/KWT/CO/2 A | E | F | S
List of issues			Review		Follow-up to the Concluding Observations
List of Issues CCPR/C/KWT/Q/2 A | E | F | S	Written replies CCPR/C/KWT/Q/2/Add.1 A	NGO Information Alkarama E | F	Summary Record	NGO Information Conscience and Peace Tax International E | F | S Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children International Disability Alliance Kuwaiti Bedoons Movement	State Follow-up Report	Committee Assessment	NGO Information

Initial Review
State Report Examined in September 1998 CCPR/C/120/Add.1 (1) E | F | S				Concluding Observations CCPR/CO/69/KWT E | F | S
List of Issues			Review		Follow-up to the Concluding Observations
List of Issues CCPR/C/69/L/KWT E | F | S	Written replies N/A	NGO Information	Summary Records	NGO Information	State Follow-up Report	Committee Assessment	NGO Information

Interpretative Declarations:

Article 2, paragraph 1, and article 3:
Although the Government of Kuwait endorses the worthy principles embodied in these two articles as consistent with the provisions of the Kuwait Constitution in general and of its article 29 in particular, the rights to which the articles refer must be exercised within the limits set by Kuwaiti law.

Article 23:
The Government of Kuwait declares that the matters addressed by article 23 are governed by personal-status law, which is based on Islamic law. Where the provisions of that article conflict with Kuwaiti law, Kuwait will apply its national law.

Reservations concerning article 25 (b):

The Government of Kuwait wishes to formulate a reservation with regard to article 25(b). The provisions of this paragraph conflict with the Kuwaiti electoral law, which restricts the right to stand and vote in elections to males.
It further declares that the provisions of the article shall not apply to members of the armed forces or the police.