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not exploit such workers. The Office had registered more than 1,624 complaints from
domestic workers in 2009. A centre had been set up to shelter domestic workers who were
in conflict with their employers, and offered them a wide range of services.
77.
Law 6/2010 had been promulgated following consultations with trade unions and
employer representatives. It required employers to provide employees with accommodation
and transportation in remote areas and guaranteed the right of all workers to join trade
unions. The law prohibited forced labour as well as all forms of mistreatment of employees,
who could leave their work by their own will and without informing the employer, while
retaining their financial benefits.
78.
The delegation stressed that the penal code included sanctions against any kind of
physical violence as well as sexual violence against women. The code also contained
provisions related to mistreatment committed by public officials against individuals and
specified the sanctions for crimes that could amount to torture. Any confession obtained
under coercion or torture was not accepted before the courts.
II.
Conclusions and/or recommendations
79.
The recommendations formulated during the interactive dialogue and listed
below have been examined and enjoy the support of the State of Kuwait:
79.1.
Ratify the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities and its Optional Protocol (Chile);
79.2.
Ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
(Islamic Republic of Iran);
79.3.
Submit the CEDAW report overdue since 2007 (Austria);
79.4.
Adopt a comprehensive national action plan to promote and protect
women’s rights (Kazakhstan);
79.5.
Look into the possibility of acceding to those conventions to which it is
not yet party (Oman);
79.6.
Consider reviewing and withdrawing the many and extensive
reservations to the human rights treaties to which it is State party (Norway);
79.7.
Further strengthen policies and measures to combat discrimination
and violence against women, in particular by considering specific legislation on
domestic violence (Brazil);
79.8.
Adopt a comprehensive law to protect the environment (Bhutan);
79.9.
Continue its efforts to adapt the law on combating human trafficking
and the smuggling of the labour force in accordance with the international
convention against transnational organized crime and its protocol
(Kyrgyzstan);
79.10. Take appropriate measures and introduce legislation which would
prohibit corporal punishment of children (Slovenia);
79.11. Work towards amending national legislation to bring it into line with
international human rights instruments to which it is a party (Morocco);
79.12. Continue its efforts to harmonize national laws with international
treaties (Kazakhstan);
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