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Human Rights Committee (CCPR)

Cyprus

6. The Committee is concerned about reports that the nationality laws are applied in a discriminatory manner in relation to individuals from particular groups, particularly children of Turkish Cypriots and persons of South-East Asian origin, and that members of the latter group encounter...

6. The Committee is concerned about reports that the nationality laws are applied in a discriminatory manner in relation to individuals from particular groups, particularly children of Turkish Cypriots and persons of South-East Asian origin, and that members of the latter group encounter obstacles in attaining Cypriot citizenship, despite meeting the legal requirements to acquire it (arts. 2 and 26). 

The State party should take adequate measures to ensure that the nationality laws are applied indiscriminately on the basis of clearly defined criteria. It should ensure that applicants have access to information concerning the requirements of citizenship and that they receive a decision on their application for citizenship within a reasonable period of time.

Access to nationality/Naturalization Discrimination - Other
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Doc. CCPR/C/CYP/CO/4
Human Rights Committee (CCPR)

Russia

23. (...) The State party should: (c) Ensure that appropriate and transparent procedures are in place for Crimean residents to revisit their decision concerning their nationality; consider the possibility of allowing residents to retain their Ukrainian citizenship even if they are...

23. (...) The State party should:

(c) Ensure that appropriate and transparent procedures are in place for Crimean residents to revisit their decision concerning their nationality; consider the possibility of allowing residents to retain their Ukrainian citizenship even if they are interested in Russian citizenship;

(d) Ensure that Crimean residents who retained their Ukrainian nationality are not discriminated against in any sphere of public life and are granted full access to public services on equal terms;

      (...)

Nationality - Other
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Doc. CCPR/C/RUS/CO/7
Human Rights Committee (CCPR)

Cote d'Ivoire

22. (...) The State party should step up measures to expedite the registration of children who remain unregistered. It should also reform and modernize its Civil Registry to ensure that births are systematically registered throughout the territory of the State party. The State party should,...

22. (...) The State party should step up measures to expedite the registration of children who remain unregistered. It should also reform and modernize its Civil Registry to ensure that births are systematically registered throughout the territory of the State party. The State party should, in addition, continue to mount public and family awareness-raising campaigns concerning birth registration.

Birth registration
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Doc. CCPR/C/CIV/CO/1
Human Rights Committee (CCPR)

Cambodia

27. The Committee is concerned about the situation of Khmer Krom and ethnic Vietnamese people who have been residing in Cambodia for generations and who have been left stateless or lack Cambodian identity documents.(...) The State party should take all measures necessary to ensure the full...

27. The Committee is concerned about the situation of Khmer Krom and ethnic Vietnamese people who have been residing in Cambodia for generations and who have been left stateless or lack Cambodian identity documents.(...)

The State party should take all measures necessary to ensure the full enjoyment of Covenant rights by all residents, including stateless persons. It should also facilitate access to identification documentation. In addition, the State party should guarantee the right of stateless children who were born in the territory of Cambodia to stateless parents to acquire a nationality.

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Remedy/Reparation Nationality/Identity documentation Born on territory
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Statelessness Doc. CCPR/C/KHM/CO/2
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Spain

131.4. Consider the possibility of ratifying ICRMW (1990), and acceding to the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (1961). 

131.4. Consider the possibility of ratifying ICRMW (1990), and acceding to the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (1961). 

Recommending State: Ecuador

Recommendation Noted

International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/29/8
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Spain

131.9. Accede to the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

131.9. Accede to the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Recommending State: Portugal

Recommendation Noted

International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/29/8
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Spain

131.9. Accede to the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

131.9. Accede to the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Recommending State: Azerbaijan

Recommendation Noted

International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/29/8
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Spain

131.9. Accede to the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

131.9. Accede to the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Recommending State: Paraguay

Recommendation Noted

International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/29/8
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Türkiye

148.110. Pursue the process already undertaken of children’s civil registration. 

148.110. Pursue the process already undertaken of children’s civil registration. 

Recommending State: Equatorial Guinea

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration
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Doc. A/HRC/29/15
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Kiribati

84.55. Strengthen the measures aimed at guaranteeing gender equality, in particular with regard to the transfer of Kiribati nationality to the children of Kiribati women born abroad, in compliance with article 9, paragraph 2, of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of...

84.55. Strengthen the measures aimed at guaranteeing gender equality, in particular with regard to the transfer of Kiribati nationality to the children of Kiribati women born abroad, in compliance with article 9, paragraph 2, of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. 

Recommending State: Argentina

Recommendation Accepted

Born abroad Gender
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Doc. A/HRC/29/5