KUWAIT: Kuwait is fully committed to international human rights legislation, with any human rights violations that take place in the country being an "individual" matter that will be tackled as such , said a cabinet member on Tuesday.

Rashid Al-Hammad, the Deputy Prime Minister for Legal Affairs and State Minister for Justice, Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, said that the isolated incidences of human trafficking discovered in the country do not warrant being described as a "phenomenon," asserting that only a limited number of such cases have been detected and that these are being dealt with appropriately by the relevant authorities.

Al-Hammad made his comments during official talks with the head of the International Labor Organization's (ILO) standards department, Cleopatra Henry, which were held at the awqaf ministry building, reported Al-Watan.

The minister told Ms. Henry that Kuwait is making great efforts to improve the situation of its bedoon (stateless) residents in the areas of employment, education and general treatment. He explained that action on the issue had been delayed by discussion of other pressing issues, including the recently passed disability rights legislation. - Kuwait Times