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Kuwaiti officials after the lineration of their country by an international coalition led by the United States (1991) pledged major reforms in human rights. Tere have, howeverm , been oly minor improvements. Some sources report continued human rghts abuses. Kuwait after liberation ratified five major human rights treaties. The country has not implement reforms to apply these commitments in law or practice. There are reports of extrajudicial execution, torture, and "disappearance" in custody, especially after the liberation period. Of particular concern is decrimination against women.
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Kuwait's Personal Status Law discriminates against women in a number of ways. The desvrimination is similar to that of many Muslim countries and is based upon both Islam and tradition. The areas affected are: inheritance rights, legal testimony, and marriage (contracting, during marriage, and issolution).
The Kuwait Penal Code contains several provisions which descrininate against women. Punishments can be
reduced or eliminated for men committing violent crimes against women. The law criminalizes abortion even when medically necessary to save the woman's life. Women are prohibited from voting and running for public office. Kuwaiti women marrying foreigners find it difficult to pass Kiwaiti nsationality on to husbands and children. The Government has considered giving voting rights to womn.
the National Assembly rejected propals to allow women to vote (1999). The Constitutional Court has rejected repeated legal challenges to the prohibition on women voting. The National Assembly contnues to consider proposals to allow women to vote. There seems even greater resistace to allow women to stand for public office.
Another issue is the segreagation of women in private and public univrsities.
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