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Human rights organizations frequently criticize Kuwait for the human rights abuses toward foreign nationals. Foreign nationals account for 70% of Kuwait's total population. The kafala system leaves foreign nationals prone to exploitation. Administrative deportation is very common in Kuwait for minor offenses, including minor traffic violations.
The kafala system has been pointed out by human rights organization as one of the main sources of some of the human rights abuses reported in the GCC countries. [ 76 ] [ 84 ] [ 87 ] [ 88 ] [ 89 ] As this sponsorship system, often enshrined in labor laws, assigns the employer with the sole responsibility for the migrant worker, it also provides ...
The EU Special Representative for Human Rights highlighted the cases of Bahraini prisoners Hassan Mushaima, Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, and Abduljalil al-Singace for its early 2021 human rights dialogue with Bahraini authorities. The EU has systematically raised concerns to the Bahraini authorities demanding the prohibition of torture on prisoners ...
Since the 1970s, the Kuwaiti government annually announces that Kuwait will reduce the number of expatriates. Human rights organizations frequently criticize Kuwait for the human rights abuses toward foreign nationals. Foreign nationals account for 70% of Kuwait's total population. The kafala system leaves foreign nationals prone to ...
The first Gulf Arab country to set a minimum wage for domestic servants was Kuwait. The large number of domestic workers urged the rest Gulf Arab countries to follow the approach taken by Kuwait to tackle widespread abuses. More specifically Kuwait on 2016 regulated the working conditions through legislation and rights groups.
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR; Arabic: مركز الخليج لحقوق الإنسان, romanized: Markaz al-Khalīj li-Ḥuqūq al-Insān) is an independent non-profit charity that defends human rights in the Arabian Gulf and neighbouring states that include, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Yemen, UAE, Oman, Iran, Qatar, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, and Lebanon.
In 2015, Kuwait was ranked 117 of 145 globally in the Global Gender Index. [41] In 2020, Kuwait was ranked 122 of 153 globally in the Global Gender Gap Report. Regarding the GGGR subindex, Kuwait ranked 142 of 152 on political empowerment 143 of 153 on health and survival, 120 of 153 on economic opportunity, and 57 of 153 on educational ...
In addition, the HRC report A/HRC/51/20 on Promoting and protecting economic, social, and cultural rights within the context of addressing inequalities in the recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the HRC report A/HRC/54/35 on the Vision of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for reinforcing ...