ISI Database on Statelessness and
Human Rights

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

124.47. Establish a national adoption centre and an obligation to register right after birth.

124.47. Establish a national adoption centre and an obligation to register right after birth.

Recommending State: Germany

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

124.29. Carry out a legislative review so as to ensure an automatic and legal registration at birth, while guaranteeing the protection of personal data and especially the right to access such data.

124.29. Carry out a legislative review so as to ensure an automatic and legal registration at birth, while guaranteeing the protection of personal data and especially the right to access such data.

Recommending State: Switzerland

Recommendation Noted

Birth registration

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

124.29. Facilitate the implementation of a birth registration system to allow immediate registration at birth, independently of the status or nationality of parents.

124.29. Facilitate the implementation of a birth registration system to allow immediate registration at birth, independently of the status or nationality of parents.

Recommending State: France

Recommendation Noted

Birth registration

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

124.29. Revise the national legislation with a view to guarantee that all persons are registered at birth, independently of their migrant condition or the nationality of their parents.

124.29. Revise the national legislation with a view to guarantee that all persons are registered at birth, independently of their migrant condition or the nationality of their parents.

Recommending State: Mexico

Recommendation Noted

Birth registration

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

124.29. Improve the registration of children with a view to ensuring that the statelessness of children is prevented.

124.29. Improve the registration of children with a view to ensuring that the statelessness of children is prevented.

Recommending State: South Africa

Recommendation Noted

Birth registration

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

124.29. Review its birth registration system to safeguard the human rights of unwed mothers and children by (i) ensuring immediate birth registration is available to all children regardless of the parents legal status; (ii) ensuring that the birth registration accurately indicates the...

124.29. Review its birth registration system to safeguard the human rights of unwed mothers and children by (i) ensuring immediate birth registration is available to all children regardless of the parents legal status; (ii) ensuring that the birth registration accurately indicates the biological parent(s) of the child; and (iii) taking steps to prevent birth registration of children by third parties, such as adoptive parents, that could result in the occurrence of de facto adoptions in the absence of proper judicial oversight, which could also put children at risk of being trafficked.

Recommending State: Canada

Recommendation Noted

Birth registration

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

99.2. Accede to/ratify the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

99.2. Accede to/ratify the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Recommending State: Hungary

Recommendation Accepted

International Instruments

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

99.74. Adopt the necessary measures to guarantee universal birth registration, with a particular emphasis on indigenous boy and girls.

99.74. Adopt the necessary measures to guarantee universal birth registration, with a particular emphasis on indigenous boy and girls.

Recommending State: Mexico

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

99.2. Accede to/ratify the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

99.2. Accede to/ratify the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Recommending State: Portugal

Recommendation Accepted

International Instruments

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

99.75. Continue to strengthen the measures to guarantee children access to free birth registration.

99.75. Continue to strengthen the measures to guarantee children access to free birth registration.

Recommending State: Uruguay

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration