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Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Jamaica

29. The Committee recommends that the State party strengthen efforts to ensure that all children are provided with birth certificates free of charge, including through mobile units and outreach programmes in remote areas of the State party.

29. The Committee recommends that the State party strengthen efforts to ensure that all children are provided with birth certificates free of charge, including through mobile units and outreach programmes in remote areas of the State party.

Birth registration
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Doc. CRC/C/JAM/CO/3-4
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Turkmenistan

21. In the light of its general comment No. 14 (2013) on the right of the child to have his or her best interests taken as a primary consideration, the Committee recommends that the State party strengthen its efforts to ensure that this right is appropriately integrated and consistently...

21. In the light of its general comment No. 14 (2013) on the right of the child to have his or her best interests taken as a primary consideration, the Committee recommends that the State party strengthen its efforts to ensure that this right is appropriately integrated and consistently applied in all legislative, administrative and judicial proceedings and decisions, as well as in all policies, programmes and projects that are relevant to and have an impact on children. The State party is therefore encouraged to develop procedures and criteria to provide guidance to all relevant persons in authority for determining the best interests of the child in every area—including in the determination of statelessness—and for giving them due weight as a primary consideration.

25. The Committee recommends that the State party review its citizenship legislation and procedures to ensure their full compliance with international standards aimed at the prevention and reduction of statelessness and ensure that all children born in its territory acquire Turkmen nationality, if otherwise they would be stateless, irrespective of the legal status of their parents.

Born on territory Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action Awareness raising/Capacity building/Training
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/TKM/CO/2-4
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Colombia

58. In the light of its general comment No. 11 (2009) on indigenous children and their rights under the Convention, the Committee recommends that the State party: (...)  ( b ) Strengthen its efforts to ensure that all Afro-Colombian and indigenous children are registered immediately after...

58. In the light of its general comment No. 11 (2009) on indigenous children and their rights under the Convention, the Committee recommends that the State party:

(...) 

( b ) Strengthen its efforts to ensure that all Afro-Colombian and indigenous children are registered immediately after birth, and to facilitate cost-free registration of those who were not registered at birth;

(...)

Birth registration
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Doc. CRC/C/COL/CO/4-5
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Dominican Republic

26. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Continue monitoring the enforcement of relevant administrative measures to ensure that all children born in hospitals are registered before they leave; (b) Strengthen its efforts to ensure an effective and cost-free procedure to...

26. The Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Continue monitoring the enforcement of relevant administrative measures to ensure that all children born in hospitals are registered before they leave;

(b) Strengthen its efforts to ensure an effective and cost-free procedure to provide a birth certificate for all children who do not yet have one;

(c) Provide training for health personnel and the personnel of registry offices in hospitals and organize awareness-raising activities for families and pregnant women concerning the importance of registering children at birth, the documents required and the procedures involved.

27. The Committee is deeply concerned about the 2013 Constitutional Court ruling which might deprive tens of thousands of people of Haitian descent of their nationality, including children born in the country to parents with an irregular migratory status. While noting the adoption in 2014 of the Law on Naturalization to address the consequences of this ruling, the Committee is concerned about its low rate of implementation and that the naturalization process does not fully comply with the Convention. It is also concerned that the State party has formally rejected the 2014 judgement of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on a related case, in which reparation measures were ordered.

28. The Committee strongly urges the State party to:
(a) Ensure the restoration of nationality to all individuals, including children, born before the Constitution of 2010 who are affected by the Constitutional Court’s ruling of 23 September 2013;
(b) Ensure that no individual, including children, affected by the Constitutional Court’s ruling is deported;
(c) Apply non-retroactive and non-discriminatory citizenship policies and practices;
(d) Ratify the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness;
(e) Seek technical assistance from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) among others, for the implementation of these recommendations.

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Remedy/Reparation Loss/Deprivation Birth registration Race/Ethnicity International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action Implementing measures - Other
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/DOM/CO/3-5
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Iraq

32. The Committee calls upon the State party to amend article 4 of Act No. 26 (2006) with a view to ensuring that children can obtain their mother’s nationality without any restrictions and to: (a) Take prompt measures to renew the current civil records system, based on a current census...

32. The Committee calls upon the State party to amend article 4 of Act No. 26 (2006) with a view to ensuring that children can obtain their mother’s nationality without any restrictions and to:

(a) Take prompt measures to renew the current civil records system, based on a current census which includes all persons living in the State party, and provide all excluded persons, in particular members of the Dom community, with provisional nationality certificates;
(b) Ensure that children from non-registered marriages are issued identification, and make legal amendments for the registration of every voluntary marriage, regardless of the faith of the couple;
(c) Accelerate the reinstatement process for the Faili Kurd population, and provide Faili Kurd children with identification;
(e) Ratify the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Lack of documents/Access to documentation Remedy/Reparation Loss/Deprivation Nationality/Identity documentation Gender Race/Ethnicity International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/IRQ/CO/2-4
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Mauritius

34. The Committee recommends that the State party take further measures to improve communication between the authorities concerned and families, and accelerate the procedures for and facilitate late birth registration. 73. The Committee also recommends that the State party ratify the 1954...

34. The Committee recommends that the State party take further measures to improve communication between the authorities concerned and families, and accelerate the procedures for and facilitate late birth registration.

73. The Committee also recommends that the State party ratify the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Birth registration International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/MUS/CO/3-5
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Switzerland

31. The Committee recommends that the State party ensure that birth registration is available as soon as possible for all children, regardless of their parents’ legal status and/or origin. The Committee also recommends that the State party ensure that all children born in its territory...

31. The Committee recommends that the State party ensure that birth registration is available as soon as possible for all children, regardless of their parents’ legal status and/or origin. The Committee also recommends that the State party ensure that all children born in its territory acquire Swiss nationality irrespective of the legal status of their parents, if they would otherwise be stateless, and ratify the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, the 1997 European Convention on Nationality and the 2009 Council of Europe Convention on the avoidance of Statelessness in relation to State Succession.

Born on territory Birth registration International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/CHE/CO/2-4
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Gambia

36. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Take all necessary measures to ensure complete and immediate birth registration of all children and allocate resources accordingly; (b) Launch extensive awareness-raising programmes, including campaigns, on the importance of birth...

36. The Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Take all necessary measures to ensure complete and immediate birth registration of all children and allocate resources accordingly;

(b) Launch extensive awareness-raising programmes, including campaigns, on the importance of birth registration, on the benefits thereof and on the registration process;

(c) Ensure that all children, including children born out of wedlock, are properly registered at birth, including by raising awareness among the population to eliminate the stigmatization faced by children born out of wedlock and their mothers;

(d) Provide identification documents to child refugees born in the Gambia or arriving as minors, to avoid the risk of statelessness;

(e) Seek technical assistance from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and UNICEF, among others, for the implementation of these recommendations.

75. The Committee recommends that the State party ensure the provision of adequate protection measures for child refugees born in the State party or arriving as minors, including by providing them with identification documents to avoid the risk of statelessness, and with equitable access to free primary education, secondary education, and health and social services at the community level.

Nationality/Identity documentation Birth registration
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/GMB/CO/2-3

Ukraine

63. The Special Rapporteur was made aware of ongoing concerns with regard to the situation of Roma communities in Ukraine. She visited a Roma settlement and consulted widely with Roma representatives. Economic and social marginalization, as well as problems with registration and identity...

63. The Special Rapporteur was made aware of ongoing concerns with regard to the situation of Roma communities in Ukraine. She visited a Roma settlement and consulted widely with Roma representatives. Economic and social marginalization, as well as problems with registration and identity documents, were widely reported by Roma representatives. 

Nationality/Identity documentation Birth registration
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Doc. A/HRC/28/64/Add.1
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Georgia

117.89 Adopt and implement all necessary measures to register the birth of children, particularly children belonging to minorities, who are born in remote areas of the country and guarantee the issuance of birth certificates and other documents. 

117.89 Adopt and implement all necessary measures to register the birth of children, particularly children belonging to minorities, who are born in remote areas of the country and guarantee the issuance of birth certificates and other documents. 

Recommending State: Panama

Recommendation Accepted

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Born on territory Birth registration
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Doc. A/HRC/31/15