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Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Lao People's Democratic Republic

35. The Committee recommends that the State party take immediate measures to increase access to and facilitate birth registration procedures, particularly for rural women, through accessible and affordable procedures, including online, and mobile registration units. It also recommends that...

35. The Committee recommends that the State party take immediate measures to increase access to and facilitate birth registration procedures, particularly for rural women, through accessible and affordable procedures, including online, and mobile registration units. It also recommends that the State party ensure that children born in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic to migrant women, including undocumented migrant women, have adequate access to Lao nationality.

(Forced) migration context Born on territory Birth registration
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Doc. CEDAW/C/LAO/CO/10
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

New Zealand

29. The Committee recommends that the State party expedite the repeal of the Citizenship (Western Samoa) Act 1982 to enable women and children born in New Zealand to Samoan parents to apply for New Zealand nationality based on descent. It also calls upon the State party to ensure the...

29. The Committee recommends that the State party expedite the repeal of the Citizenship (Western Samoa) Act 1982 to enable women and children born in New Zealand to Samoan parents to apply for New Zealand nationality based on descent. It also calls upon the State party to ensure the effective participation of affected Samoan women in the development of a mechanism for redressing the harm caused. It further recommends that the State party establish statutory time frames for nationality applications under section 9 of the Citizenship Act 1977 to avoid undue delays. Moreover, the Committee urges the State party to adopt statelessness determination procedures, in line with international human rights standards, and to consider acceding to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons with a view to preventing statelessness.

Identification and determination procedures (Forced) migration context Access to nationality/Naturalization Born on territory Discrimination - Other International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action Implementing measures - Other
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Statelessness Doc. CEDAW/C/NZL/CO/9
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Benin

30. Recalling its general recommendation No. 32 (2014) on the gender-related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality and statelessness of women, and recalling its previous recommendation (CEDAW/C/SAU/CO/3-4, para. 42), the Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Ensure...

30. Recalling its general recommendation No. 32 (2014) on the gender-related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality and statelessness of women, and recalling its previous recommendation (CEDAW/C/SAU/CO/3-4, para. 42), the Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Ensure access to affordable and, if necessary, free registration of births;

(b) Facilitate the access to Beninese nationality for stateless women and girls living in villages along the border with the Niger and Nigeria.

Remedy/Reparation Birth registration
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Statelessness Doc. CEDAW/C/BEN/CO/5
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Saudi Arabia

10. The Committee urges the State party to uphold its commitment to women’s human rights, including the right to life, access to justice and the rights to freedom of expression and assembly, as well as equality in marriage and family relations. It calls upon the State party to strengthen the...

10. The Committee urges the State party to uphold its commitment to women’s human rights, including the right to life, access to justice and the rights to freedom of expression and assembly, as well as equality in marriage and family relations. It calls upon the State party to strengthen the application of the Convention in legal proceedings in the State party for the benefit of all women, in particular women migrant domestic workers, women human rights defenders and activists, women in detention, women with disabilities, women belonging to ethnic and religious minorities and refugee, asylum-seeking and stateless women. 

26. In line with article 4 (1) of the Convention and the Committee’s general recommendation No. 25 (2004) on temporary special measures, the Committee recommends that the State party:

(b) In adopting and implementing temporary special measures, pay special attention to disadvantaged groups of women, such as Bidoon, stateless and migrant women and girls, women domestic workers, women and girls with disabilities, rural women and girls, older women, women belonging to ethnic and religious minorities and women and girls who are victims of gender-based violence;

36. With reference to its general recommendation No. 32 (2014) on the gender related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality and statelessness of women, and recalling its previous recommendation (CEDAW/C/SAU/CO/3-4, para. 42), the Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Amend the Nationality Law to recognize the right of Saudi women to transmit their nationality to their children and non-Saudi spouses on equal terms with Saudi men;

(b) Enforce its legislation allowing foreign mothers of Saudi children to register births and obtain documents for their children;

(c) Regularize the situation of stateless women and girls and facilitate their access to Saudi nationality without discrimination;

(d) Accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

38. Recalling its general recommendation No. 36 (2017) on the right of girls and women to education, the Committee recommends that the State party raise awareness of the importance of girls’ education as a basis for their empowerment, and:

(e) Allocate the necessary human, technical and financial resources to provide full access to inclusive education for women and girls with disabilities and Bidoon women and girls.

50. Recalling its general recommendation No. 34 (2016) on the rights of rural women, and target 5.a of the Sustainable Development Goals to undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance and natural resources, in accordance with national laws, the Committee recommends that the State party:

(b) Ensure that rural women, including Bidoon women and women belonging to ethnic and religious minorities, have access to productive means, education, healthcare and other basic services, as well as to labour-saving technologies, markets and services, innovative agricultural technologies, infrastructure, financial support and investment.

 

 

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Remedy/Reparation Nationality/Identity documentation Birth registration Gender International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CEDAW/C/SAU/CO/5
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Argentina

19. Concerned at the insufficient timely registration in rural and Indigenous areas, the Committee urges the State party: (a) To establish coordinated and cross-sectoral mechanisms between national, provincial and local-level governments for the early detection and referral of children...

19. Concerned at the insufficient timely registration in rural and Indigenous areas, the Committee urges the State party:

(a) To establish coordinated and cross-sectoral mechanisms between national, provincial and local-level governments for the early detection and referral of children lacking birth registration or national ID documents;

(b) To consider ratifying the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, of 1961.

45. (...) the Committee recommends that the State party:

(e) Adopt protocols and procedural mechanisms to address the obstacles faced by asylum-seeking, refugee and migrant children, mainly Venezuelan children who do not possess identity documents, in obtaining residence permits and identity documents for foreigners;

Nationality/Identity documentation Birth registration International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/ARG/CO/7
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Israel

23. The Committee notes with concern the lack of progress made in implementing its previous recommendations to ensure access to birth certificates for non-Israeli, asylum-seeking and migrant children and to Israeli nationality for children born to an Israeli parent and a parent from the...

23. The Committee notes with concern the lack of progress made in implementing its previous recommendations to ensure access to birth certificates for non-Israeli, asylum-seeking and migrant children and to Israeli nationality for children born to an Israeli parent and a parent from the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and the system for issuing documents, passports and residence permits, which establishes categories that violate fundamental rights, prevent family reunification and severely restrict the movement of children. The Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Repeal all legal provisions that result in denying the right of Palestinian children and children in the Occupied Palestinian Territory to be registered immediately after birth, to acquire a nationality and to be cared for by their parents, regardless of where they were born, and address the discriminatory effect of the system of live birth notifications on non-Israeli children;

(b) Ensure registration at birth and issuance of birth certificates for all children, including Palestinian, asylum-seeking and migrant children, born in its territory and their access to essential services, for example by including such children in the national identification system or issuing them with visas to ensure their inclusion in a common system of registration granting them access to health, welfare, education and other services;

(c) Ensure legal pathways for all children, including children of asylum-seekers without a regular residence status, to acquire a regular residence status and nationality;

(d) Ensure that Israeli parents with a spouse from the Occupied Palestinian Territory can confer Israeli nationality on their children.

53. Drawing attention to Security Council resolutions 2712 (2023), 2720 (2023), 2728 (2024) and 2735 (2024), the Committee reiterates its previous recommendations26 and urges the State party:

(j) To take targeted measures to ensure that children born in Gaza are registered immediately after birth and prevent loss of identity for children separated from their parents, including wounded children without surviving family members.

Nationality/Identity documentation Born on territory Birth registration Discrimination - Other Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. CRC/C/ISR/CO/5-6
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Armenia

40. (...) and recommends that the State party: (b) Further strengthen safeguards for accessing State-funded legal aid at all stages of the asylum and statelessness determination procedure, specifically for unaccompanied and separated children;

40. (...) and recommends that the State party:

(b) Further strengthen safeguards for accessing State-funded legal aid at all stages of the asylum and statelessness determination procedure, specifically for unaccompanied and separated children;

Identification and determination procedures
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/ARM/CO/5-6
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Turkmenistan

19. While welcoming the State party’s efforts to eliminate statelessness and ensure the registration and issuance of birth certificates for all children born in its territory, the Committee recalls its previous concluding observations7 and recommends that the State party: (a) Facilitate the...

19. While welcoming the State party’s efforts to eliminate statelessness and ensure the registration and issuance of birth certificates for all children born in its territory, the Committee recalls its previous concluding observations7 and recommends that the State party:

(a) Facilitate the naturalization process for stateless children and their eligible family members under the Law on Citizenship;

(b) Remove the requirement for former refugee and stateless children, and children from mixed families who are recognized as Turkmen citizens, to provide a certificate of absence of a second citizenship during each passport renewal;

(c) Improve data collection on the number of stateless individuals, including children, and individuals of undetermined nationality in Turkmenistan and actively cooperate with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees by sharing disaggregated statistics to support the efforts of the Office.

41. Recalling joint general comments No. 3 and No. 4 of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families/No. 22 and No. 23 of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (2017) on the human rights of children in the context of international migration and its general comment No. 6 (2005) on the treatment of unaccompanied and separated children outside their country of origin, the Committee recommends that the State party:

(c) Ensure that refugee and stateless children who do not have proof of residence registration (propiska) are not deprived of their rights to education, healthcare, social benefits and other essential public services by implementing alternative registration mechanisms or providing special provisions in line with the Convention

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Remedy/Reparation Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/TKM/CO/5-6
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Mexico

22. While welcoming the almost universal birth registration in the State party and noting that the draft General Act on Civil Registration Operations is pending before the Senate, the Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Ensure particular attention to the birth registration of...

22. While welcoming the almost universal birth registration in the State party and noting that the draft General Act on Civil Registration Operations is pending before the Senate, the Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Ensure particular attention to the birth registration of children of internally displaced parents or whose parents may be undocumented;

(b) Provide adequate guidance and resources to staff in consulates abroad in order to facilitate the birth registration of children whose parents may have foreign residence.

49. Recalling joint general comments No. 3 and No. 4 of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families/No. 22 and No. 23 of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (2017) on the human rights of children in the context of international migration and its general comment No. 6 (2005) on the treatment of unaccompanied and separated children outside their country of origin, the Committee recommends that the State party:

(l) Consider ratifying the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Birth registration International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/MEX/CO/6-7
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Pakistan

6. Recalling its previous concluding observations, the Committee recommends that the State party produce statistics on the socioeconomic situation of all ethnic groups and non-nationals, including migrants, refugees, asylum-seekers and stateless persons, in particular on their enjoyment of...

6. Recalling its previous concluding observations, the Committee recommends that the State party produce statistics on the socioeconomic situation of all ethnic groups and non-nationals, including migrants, refugees, asylum-seekers and stateless persons, in particular on their enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights, disaggregated by sex and age, with a view to creating an empirical basis for assessing the enjoyment of the rights enshrined in the Convention. It also recommends that the State party improve and diversify the collection of data on the ethnic composition and national origin of its population on the basis of self-identification and anonymity. The Committee draws the attention of the State party to its general recommendations No. 4 (1973) concerning reporting by States parties under article 1 of the Convention and No. 24 (1999) concerning article 1 of the Convention.

26. The Committee recommends that the State party:

(d) Increase efforts to improve the birth registration system, including by addressing barriers to registration, such as a lack of resources or distrust among communities towards public authorities.

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Birth registration Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting
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Statelessness Doc. CERD/C/PAK/CO/24-26