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Steps to improve Kuwait human rights record |
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Tuesday, 24 August 2010 15:53 |
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KUWAIT: The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has issued a number of recommendations which it suggests would help solve the persistent problems in Kuwait's human rights record.
In a report sent to the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor and Ministry of Interior by OHCHR head Navi Pillay, she commended the steps taken by the ministries to date concerning this issue, but noted delays in the implementation of a number of measures. Among the recommendations which Pillay suggested would help to put Kuwait among the top countries meeting international human rights principles was appointing suitably qualified female citizens to senior posts in the country's judiciary.
Pillay also offered to provide OHCHR assistance in helping Kuwait to resolve the outstanding human rights problems faced by the country's Bedoon (stateless) population, which numbers around 120,000. The OHCHR head also called for domestic workers to be included in the private sector labor legislation and given the same rights as other workers, as well as indicating that the OHCHR is willing to suggest strategies to facilitate the cancellation of the sponsorship system and its replacement with employment legislation to international standards. Pillay further called for the establishment of a national authority for human rights in Kuwait, reported Al-Qabas. The Kuwait Human Rights Society has endorsed this call, urging the MSAL to organize a training workshop to help in attaining this objective. - Kuwait Times
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