Domestic implementation of international law
State of Kuwait
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Crimes Crime of Aggression
No provision.
Crimes Against Humanity
No provision.
Genocide
No provision.
War Crimes
No provision.
Article 70 of the Constitution of the State of Kuwait provides as follows:
"Article 70 [Treaties]
(1) The Amir concludes treaties by decree and transmits them immediately to the National Assembly with the appropriate statement. A treaty has the force of law after it is signed, ratified, and published in the Official Gazette.
(2) However, treaties of peace and alliance; treaties concerning the territory of the State, its natural resources or sovereign rights, or public or private rights of citizens; treaties of commerce, navigation, and residence; and treaties entailing additional expenditure not provided for in the budget, or involving amendment of the laws of Kuwait; shall come into force only when made by a law."Ministerial Decision No. 244/2006 concerning the Establishment of a National Committee of International Humanitarian Law, 2006.
Jurisdiction
Information provided by Kuwait on the scope of universal jurisdiction in accordance with General Assembly resolution 64/117.
General Assembly of the United Nations, Sixth Committee (Legal), sixty-fifth session (4 October to 11 November 2010) [ENG]
International Criminal Court
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: The State of Kuwait signed the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on 08 September 2000. Kuwait is not a state party to the Rome Statute of the ICC.
The Constitution of Kuwait.
(WIPO). [ENG]. [Last accessed 16Nov17]. [External Link to pdf document]
State Official Gazette: Al Kuwait al-Youm.
[ARA]. [Last accessed 16Nov17]. [External Link]
List of International Humanitarian Law Treaties to which Kuwait is a State party. [ENG]
(International Committee of the Red Cross). [ENG]. [Last accessed 16Nov17]. [External Link]