KUWAIT HAS REPLACED A REGULATION THAT MADE 'OPPOSITE SEX IMPERSONATION' ILLEGAL

  • 16/02/2022

Kuwait City: The constitutional court of Kuwait has rejected a legislation that criminalised "impersonation of the opposite sex" and was used to punish transgender people.


In 2007, the Gulf state's parliament modified Article 198 of the penal code, making the offence punishable by up to a year in prison and a fine.

However, the court ruled on Wednesday that the change breached the constitution.

According to Amnesty International, the development is a "huge breakthrough for transgender rights in the region."

The rule, according to Lynn Maalouf, the human rights group's deputy Middle East director, is "seriously discriminatory, too imprecise, and should never have been adopted into law in the first place."

"Kuwaiti authorities must now ensure that Article 198 is removed completely," she added. "They must also stop arbitrary arrests of transgender persons and dismiss any charges and convictions brought against them under this transphobic statute."

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