Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 944

Confidentiality is mandatory for juvenile court hearings, and attendance is prohibited to persons other than the juvenile, his relatives, witnesses, lawyers, probation officers and those whom the court permits to attend by special authorization. The rationale thereof. Its connection with public order. - Referral of the juvenile, before determining his matter, to the Social Supervision Office to ascertain his physical, psychological and social condition and to propose the appropriate therapeutic approach. - The confidentiality of juvenile trial hearings and his referral to the Social Supervision Office before determining his matter are matters of public order because of their connection with the proper administration of criminal justice. The effect of contravening them. Nullity of the trial proceedings and nullity of the judgment.