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80.16. Adopt, as soon as possible, a de jure moratorium on executions with a
view to the abolition of the death penalty (Belgium);
80.17. Reconsider its position and abolish the death penalty, if necessary by
initially establishing a moratorium on executions, which would be in line with
General Assembly resolution 63/168, on the moratorium on the use of the death
penalty (Slovenia);
80.18. Abolish definitively the death penalty, in continuation of the de facto
moratorium on executions applied since 2007 (France);
80.19. Consider decriminalizing same-sex relations between consenting
adults, with a view to ensuring the rights to privacy and non-discrimination
(Brazil).
81.
The following recommendations did not enjoy the support, since the State of
Kuwait considers they are inaccurate and/or factually incorrect:
81.1.
Abrogate de jure and de facto discrimination against women, by
amending or repealing national legislation that discriminates against women,
such as the Nationality Act, the Personal Status Act, the Civil Code and the
Private Sector Employment Act, and implement measures to penalize violence
against women and girls in all forms, including domestic violence and marital
rape (Israel);
81.2.
Prohibit the treatment of formerly trafficked women and children
remaining in Kuwait as in violation of national immigration laws, and grant
permission for them to remain in the country to defend their rights (Israel);
81.3.
Develop appropriate legal frameworks for the enjoyment of the right to
work and to just and favourable conditions of work to all migrant workers,
especially domestic workers (Brazil);
81.4.
Recognize the right to Kuwaiti nationality of those persons who have
been left stateless due to the nationality law in 1959, and provide for the same
enjoyment of their human rights as to other citizens (Slovakia);
81.5.
Improve the situation of the “Beduns” by considering the possibility of
acceding to the Convention on refugees and its protocol, as well as to the
conventions dealing with statelessness (Switzerland);
81.6.
End all de jure and de facto discrimination against “Beduns” by
affording en masse all Beduns equal protection under law, and in particular by
conferring Kuwaiti nationality on a non-discriminatory basis and allowing for
the use of social services to such persons (Israel).
82.
The following recommendations will be examined by the State of Kuwait, which
will provide responses in due time, but no later than the fifteenth session of the
Human Rights Council, in September 2010. The response of Kuwait to these
recommendations will be included in the outcome report adopted by the Human
Rights Council at its fifteenth session:
82.1.
Ratify the Rome Statute (Chile);
82.2.
Ratify the Convention relating to the status of stateless persons and the
Convention relating to the reduction of statelessness (Netherlands);
82.3.
Accede to the 1954 Convention on the Status of Stateless Persons
(France);
82.4.
Ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (Austria);
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