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KUWAIT-ABORTION-TBs-CCPR

Country: Kuwait

Issue: Abortion

Human rights mechanism: Treaty bodies

Treaty body: Human Rights Committee - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

Concluding Observations on Report 4 (2023) (Link)

[no mention]

Concluding Observations on Report 3 (2016) (Link)

466. The Committee notes that abortion is a crime under Kuwaiti law and that the law makes no provision for exceptions on humanitarian grounds.

467. The State party should consider amending the law and make provision for the protection of the right to life of pregnant women under article 6 of the Covenant.

Concluding Observations on Report 2 (2011) (Link)

[no mention]

Concluding Observations on Report 1 (2000) (Link)

[no mention]

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