Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1347

Confidentiality is mandatory for juvenile court hearings, and attendance is prohibited to anyone other than the juvenile, his relatives, witnesses, lawyers, probation officers, and persons whom the court permits to attend by special permission. The rationale thereof: its relation to public policy. - Referring the juvenile, before deciding his case, to the Social Supervision Office to ascertain his physical, psychological and social condition and to propose an appropriate treatment method. - The confidentiality of juvenile trial hearings and the juvenile's referral to the Social Supervision Office before deciding his case. Matters relating to public policy because of their connection with the proper administration of criminal justice. The effect of violating them. Invalidity of the trial proceedings and invalidity of the judgment.