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Malaysia

21.  In  addition, the Special Rapporteur was informed that a significant number of refugees, asylum seekers and stateless persons, particularly those from the Filipino and Indonesian communities in Sabah and Rohingya from Myanmar, are increasingly becoming victims of trafficking. Their lack...

21.  In  addition, the Special Rapporteur was informed that a significant number of refugees, asylum seekers and stateless persons, particularly those from the Filipino and Indonesian communities in Sabah and Rohingya from Myanmar, are increasingly becoming victims of trafficking. Their lack of formal recognition significantly restricts their and their children’s ability to obtain education, employment opportunities, health services, freedom of movement and access to justice. This in turn makes them easy prey for unscrupulous traffickers and employers who exploit them with impunity. Their children are vulnerable to being trafficked for labour exploitation. There is also anecdotal information that undocumented older children are easily trafficked for “drug-running”. Finally,  there are also reports of children being trafficked for adoption purposes from Singapore to childless families in Malaysia (the destination country).

29.  Regrettably, Malaysia is not party to [...]  the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons [...].

93.  With regards to identification, training and capacity-building, she recommends that the Government:

(a)  Specifically outline and harmonize identification protocols to combat trafficking in persons, developing a range of red flags and indicators to be used when screening vulnerable persons, including undocumented migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and stateless persons;

Protection/Enjoyment of rights International Instruments Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/29/38/Add.1
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

10. The Committee acknowledges the amendments made to the Law on Citizenship but regrets that the legislation of the State party’s entities on citizenship is not yet in line with them. Thus, different requirements regarding the naturalization of refugees and stateless persons apply,...

10. The Committee acknowledges the amendments made to the Law on Citizenship but regrets that the legislation of the State party’s entities on citizenship is not yet in line with them. Thus, different requirements regarding the naturalization of refugees and stateless persons apply, depending on their place of residence. Furthermore, the Committee notes with concern that:

(a) The grounds for denying citizenship, as stipulated in article 9 (2), are vague and may lead to discriminatory application;

(b) According to article 9 (1) 6, obtaining citizenship requires the prior renunciation of foreign citizenship, which may expose individuals to the risk of statelessness (arts. 2 and 5).

The Committee recommends that the State party fully harmonize the legislation of its entities on citizenship with the latest amendments to the Law on Citizenship of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Furthermore, the Committee recommends that the State party enact safeguards to prevent statelessness and the discriminatory application of article 9 of the Law on Citizenship. 

Access to nationality/Naturalization Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CERD/C/BIH/CO/9-11
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Sudan

19. The Committee notes with concern that the 2011 amendment to the Nationality Act, as introduced in section 10 (2), provides for the revocation of the Sudanese nationality of those who have acquired “de jure or de facto” the nationality of South Sudan, thus exposing many South Sudanese...

19. The Committee notes with concern that the 2011 amendment to the Nationality Act, as introduced in section 10 (2), provides for the revocation of the Sudanese nationality of those who have acquired “de jure or de facto” the nationality of South Sudan, thus exposing many South Sudanese residing in the Sudan who have not necessarily acquired South Sudanese nationality to a high risk of statelessness (arts. 5 and 6).

The Committee recommends that the State party withdraw the 2011 amendment to the Nationality Act, ensure that rules governing citizenship acquisition and deprivation apply equally to all without discrimination based on, inter alia, ethnicity and protect against statelessness.

Loss/Deprivation Access to nationality/Naturalization Race/Ethnicity Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CERD/C/SDN/CO/12-16
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Guatemala

16. (...) The Committee reiterates its recommendation on the participation of indigenous peoples (CERD/C/GTM/CO/12-13, para. 10), bearing in mind its general recommendation No. 23 (1997). The Committee recommends expanding the participation of indigenous peoples in the community development...

16. (...) The Committee reiterates its recommendation on the participation of indigenous peoples (CERD/C/GTM/CO/12-13, para. 10), bearing in mind its general recommendation No. 23 (1997). The Committee recommends expanding the participation of indigenous peoples in the community development councils. The Committee also recommends amending the Political Parties and Electoral Act to improve the representation of indigenous and Afro-descendent peoples and to promote their participation in rural areas. It further recommends taking urgent action to ensure that all citizens have personal identity documentation.

Nationality/Identity documentation
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Doc. CERD/C/GTM/CO/14-15
Committee against Torture (CAT)

North Macedonia

19. (...) The State party should: (...) b. Adopt all measures necessary to ensure that stateless persons whose asylum claims have been refused, as well as asylum seekers, irregular migrants and refugees, are not held in detention indefinitely, by including statutory time limits for...

19. (...) The State party should:

(...)

b. Adopt all measures necessary to ensure that stateless persons whose asylum claims have been refused, as well as asylum seekers, irregular migrants and refugees, are not held in detention indefinitely, by including statutory time limits for detention and access to an effective judicial remedy to review the necessity of the detention;

(...)

Detention
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Statelessness Doc. CAT/C/MKD/CO/3
Committee against Torture (CAT)

Romania

12. (...) The State party should: (a) Ensure that all persons applying for international protection have access to a fair refugee determination procedure and are effectively protected against refoulement to countries where they risk torture, and consider establishing a statelessness...

12. (...) The State party should:

(a) Ensure that all persons applying for international protection have access to a fair refugee determination procedure and are effectively protected against refoulement to countries where they risk torture, and consider establishing a statelessness determination procedure;

Identification and determination procedures Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CAT/C/ROU/CO/2
Committee against Torture (CAT)

New Zealand

18. The State party should adopt the measures necessary: (...) d. To ensure that stateless persons whose asylum claims have been refused and refugees with adverse security or character assessments are not held in detention indefinitely, including by resorting to non-custodial measures and...

18. The State party should adopt the measures necessary:

(...)

d. To ensure that stateless persons whose asylum claims have been refused and refugees with adverse security or character assessments are not held in detention indefinitely, including by resorting to non-custodial measures and alternatives to closed immigration detention;

(...)

Detention
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Statelessness Doc. CAT/C/NZL/CO/6
Committee against Torture (CAT)

Republic of the Congo

18. (...) The Committee recommends that the State party:  (...) (f) Ratify the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

18. (...) The Committee recommends that the State party: 

(...)

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

International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. CAT/C/COG/CO/1
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

Dominican Republic

36. The Committee is deeply concerned at the restrictions on access to community inclusion services for persons with disabilities of Haitian descent, as a consequence of the legislation restricting their rights to nationality. 37. The Committee recommends that the State party speed up the...

36. The Committee is deeply concerned at the restrictions on access to community inclusion services for persons with disabilities of Haitian descent, as a consequence of the legislation restricting their rights to nationality.

37. The Committee recommends that the State party speed up the restoration of all the rights of persons with disabilities of Haitian origin or descent, so as to enable them to use all services and programmes for persons with disabilities on an equal basis with others.

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Race/Ethnicity
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Doc. CRPD/C/DOM/CO/1
Human Rights Committee (CCPR)

Croatia

8. The Committee is concerned about the number of stateless persons, mainly Roma, under the State party’s jurisdiction who face difficulties in meeting the requirements for obtaining Croatian citizenship because they often lack personal identity documents. The Committee is particularly...

8. The Committee is concerned about the number of stateless persons, mainly Roma, under the State party’s jurisdiction who face difficulties in meeting the requirements for obtaining Croatian citizenship because they often lack personal identity documents. The Committee is particularly concerned about persons who became stateless further to the break-up of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The Committee considers that this situation creates an impediment for one of the most vulnerable groups, the Roma, to enjoyment of a range of human rights, including those under the Covenant, and prevents them from benefiting, inter alia, from social services, social benefits and adequate housing, and also limits their access to employment (arts. 2, 24 and 26).

The State party should take all the measures necessary to ensure full enjoyment of Covenant rights by all residents, including stateless persons. It should establish and implement effective measures to address statelessness and regularize the status of the Roma, including by facilitating access to identification documentation. The State party should also increase its efforts to ensure non-discriminatory access to adequate housing, social benefits and services for all victims of past conflicts under its jurisdiction, including the Roma.

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Access to nationality/Naturalization Nationality/Identity documentation Race/Ethnicity
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Statelessness Doc. CCPR/C/HRV/CO/3