Difference between revisions of "Kuwait"

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**[http://www.reuters.com/article/us-kuwait-security-un-idUSKCN0ZV1VY?il=0 Reuters: U.N. rights panel urges Kuwait to amend broad DNA testing law (15th July 2016)]
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**[http://www.jurist.org/paperchase/2016/07/un-advises-kuwait-to-amend-compulsory-dna-testing-law.php Jurist: UN rights panel advises Kuwait to amend compulsory DNA testing law (15th July 2016)]
 
**[http://www.arabtimesonline.com/news/kuwait-set-collect-dna/ Arab Times: Kuwait set to collect DNA (12th July 2016)]
 
**[http://www.arabtimesonline.com/news/kuwait-set-collect-dna/ Arab Times: Kuwait set to collect DNA (12th July 2016)]
 
**[http://www.alternet.org/world/dangers-kuwaits-dna-database Alternet: One Country's Disturbing Project to Build a Complete DNA Databank of Every Citizen and Foreign Visitor Is Already Underway (11th July 2016)]
 
**[http://www.alternet.org/world/dangers-kuwaits-dna-database Alternet: One Country's Disturbing Project to Build a Complete DNA Databank of Every Citizen and Foreign Visitor Is Already Underway (11th July 2016)]

Revision as of 11:56, 16 July 2016

Kuwait set up its DNA database in 2002, with no specific DNA database legislation. There were renewed calls in 2012 for expansion. In 2015, Kuwait adopted a law making it mandatory for all citizens and foreign residents to be on a national DNA database.

The 2008 Interpol survey reports that 393 crime scene DNA profiles and 3,958 individuals' profiles were held in Kuwait at the time of the survey. According to Interpol, Kuwait's DNA database grew to 2,500 crime scene DNA profiles, 12,000 reference DNA profiles from individuals, 33 missing persons' DNA profiles, plus 58 unidentified human remains DNA profiles in 2011.

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