Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 592

Freedom of movement and travel is among the personal freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution. The condition for its exercise: it must be within the limits drawn by laws and general regulatory rules, in a manner ensuring the preservation of the State’s safety, existence, and security rights, and the safeguarding of its fundamental interests and reputation. - Administrative oversight affecting freedoms. Its scope. It extends to encompass the adequacy of the grounds of the administrative decision and their proportionality to its subject matter. The court may assess those elements within the limits of its review of the administrative decision. - The grant of a passport is inseparably linked to Kuwaiti nationality and is a right of everyone whose possession of that nationality is established. The administrative authority may not deprive that person of it without justification or a serious reason required by the public interest. If the administrative authority considers that such justification exists, its decision issued in this regard must disclose the particular reasons that prompted it. An example concerning the withdrawal of a passport based on a valid ground and free from the defect of contravention of the law. Judicial review of the administrative decision