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| Original name: | دستور دولة الكويت، الصادر في 14 جمادى الثاني الموافق 11 نوفمبر 1962 |
| Name: | Constitution of Kuwait. |
| Country: | Kuwait |
| Subject(s): | Constitutional law |
| Type of legislation: | Constitution |
| Adopted on: | 1962-11-11 |
| Entry into force: | |
| ISN: | KWT-1962-C-74769 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=74769&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Constitution on-line  World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) PDF of Constitution in English (consulted on 2018-11-02)Constitution in Arabic World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) PDF of Constitution in Arabic (consulted on 2018-11-02) |
| Abstract/Citation: | Includes 5 parts: Part I "The State and the system of Government"; Part II "The fundamental constituents of the Kuwaiti society"; Part III "Public rights and duties"; Part IV "Powers"; Part V "General and transitional provisions". Provides, inter alia, for the obligation of the State to care for public health (art. 15) and social security (art. 11), equality of all people before the law (art. 29), right to education (art. 40) and work (art. 41), prohibition of forced labour and its exceptions (art. 42), freedom of association (art. 43). |