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United Nations Treaties
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Date of admission to UN: 14 May 1963.
- International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights - ICESCR
Acceded: 21 May 1996.
Reports submitted/due: 0/1
Reservations and Declarations: Articles 2(2), 3, 8(1)(d), and 9; six states filed objections to all or some aspects of these reservations.
Interpretative declaration regarding article 2, paragraph 2, and article 3:
Although the Government of Kuwait endorses the worthy principles embodied in article 2, paragraph 2, and article 3 as consistent with the provisions of the Kuwait Constitution in general and of its article 29 in particular, it declares that the rights to which the articles refer must be exercised within the limits set by Kuwaiti law
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ICCPR
Acceded: 21 May 1996.
Reports submitted/due: 1/1
Reservations and Declarations: Articles 2(1), 3, 23 and 25(b); six states filed objections to all or some aspects of these reservations.
Interpretative declaration regarding Article 2 (1) and Article 3: Although Kuwait endorses the principle embodied in these two articles, the rights to which these articles refer must be exercised within the limits set by Kuawaiti Law.
- International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination - CERD
Acceded: 15 October 1968.
Reports submitted/due: 14/17
Reservations and Declarations: General declaration and article 22.
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - CEDAW
Acceded: 2 September 1994.
Reports submitted/due: 0/2
Reservations and Declarations: Articles 7(a), 9(2), 16(f) and 29(1); eight states filed objections to all or some aspects of the reservations.
- Convention on the Rights of the Child - CRC
Ratified: 21 October 1991.
Reports submitted/due: 1/2
Reservations to all provisions of the Convention that are incompatible with the laws of Islamic Shari'a and the local statutes in effect.
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ILO treaties
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ILO 87 Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention (1948) - date of ratification: 21.09.1961
ILO 111 Convention concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation (1958) - date of ratification: 01.12.1966
ILO 138 Minimum Age Convention (1973) - date of ratification: 15.11.1999.
ILO 182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999) - date of ratification: 15.08.2000
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Constitutional Guarantees
of the right to education
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Date of adoption/date of entry into force - 11 November 1962
Relevant Provisions
(…)
Part II - Fundamental constituents of Kuwaiti society
Art.13
Education is a fundamental requisite for the progress of society, assured and promoted by the State.
Part III - Public rights and duties
Art.40
(1) Education is a right for Kuwaitis, guaranteed by the State in accordance with law and within the limits of public policy and morals. Education in its preliminary stages is compulsory and free in accordance with the law.
(2) The law shall lay down the necessary plan to eliminate illiteracy.
(3) The State shall devote particular care to the physical, moral, and mental development of youth
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