Declarations and Reservations
(Unless otherwise indicated, the declarations and reservations were made
upon ratification, acceptance, accession or succession.)
Kuwait

Upon signature:

       Reservation:

       "[Kuwait expresses] reservations on all provisions of the Convention that are incompatible with the laws of Islamic Shari'a and the local statutes in effect."

Upon ratification:

       Declarations:

       Article 7

       The State of Kuwait understands the concepts of this article to signify the right of the child who was born in Kuwait and whose parents are unknown (parentless) to be granted the Kuwaiti nationality as stipulated by the Kuwaiti Nationality Laws.

       Article 21

       The State of Kuwait, as it adheres to the provisions of the Islamic shariah as the main source of legislation, strictly bans abandoning the Islamic religion and does not therefore approve adoption.