ISI Database on Statelessness and
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Connecting nationality, statelessness and human rights. Explore and compare information from the international human rights monitoring systems to promote a human rights-based approach to nationality and statelessness.

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Number of results found: 2787

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

92.40. Consider amending the legislation regarding the transmission of nationality to children of Bahamian mothers born abroad and foreign spouses in order to ensure full and effective equality of rights between men and women in this area.

92.40. Consider amending the legislation regarding the transmission of nationality to children of Bahamian mothers born abroad and foreign spouses in order to ensure full and effective equality of rights between men and women in this area.

Recommending State: Peru

Recommendation Accepted

Born abroad Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

92.43. Raise public awareness about the equality of rights of women with regard to nationality, consider amending the national legal system to ensure the equal rights for women and men in this area, and continue working and promoting national initiatives aimed at gender equality in the...

92.43. Raise public awareness about the equality of rights of women with regard to nationality, consider amending the national legal system to ensure the equal rights for women and men in this area, and continue working and promoting national initiatives aimed at gender equality in the country.

Recommending State: Guatemala

Recommendation Accepted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action Awareness raising/Capacity building/Training

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

92.41. Ensure that Bahamian women are able to pass their nationality to their children on equal footing with men, including by withdrawing the reservation to Article 9 (2) of CEDAW.

92.41. Ensure that Bahamian women are able to pass their nationality to their children on equal footing with men, including by withdrawing the reservation to Article 9 (2) of CEDAW.

Recommending State: Slovakia

Recommendation Accepted

Gender International Instruments

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

120.22 Ratify the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

120.22 Ratify the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Recommending State: Slovakia

Recommendation Noted

International Instruments

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

117.32. Continue the efforts to achieve an effective registration of all births, with special attention to children belonging to ethnic minorities.

117.32. Continue the efforts to achieve an effective registration of all births, with special attention to children belonging to ethnic minorities.

Recommending State: Holy See

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

119.10. Simplify the procedure for birth registration of persons born outside health-care institutions to contribute to measures carried out to eliminate discrimination.

119.10. Simplify the procedure for birth registration of persons born outside health-care institutions to contribute to measures carried out to eliminate discrimination.

Recommending State: Mexico

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

119.5. Ratify the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and take concrete steps at national level to prevent and eliminate the causes that lead to statelessness.

119.5. Ratify the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and take concrete steps at national level to prevent and eliminate the causes that lead to statelessness.

Recommending State: Germany

Recommendation Accepted

International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

119.11. Establish a simple and accessible procedure of birth registration to guarantee that all children have access to it.

119.11. Establish a simple and accessible procedure of birth registration to guarantee that all children have access to it.

Recommending State: Brazil

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

119.6. Ratify the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

119.6. Ratify the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Recommending State: Austria

Recommendation Accepted

International Instruments

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

109.105. Amend the Citizenship Law to ensure that all persons born in Romania obtain a nationality; otherwise they would be stateless, regardless of the status of the parents.

109.105. Amend the Citizenship Law to ensure that all persons born in Romania obtain a nationality; otherwise they would be stateless, regardless of the status of the parents.

Recommending State: Mexico

Recommendation Accepted

Born on territory Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action