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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Syria

133.248 Amend its citizenship laws to ensure Syrian citizenship for the children of Syrian women, including children born abroad, in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child. 

133.248 Amend its citizenship laws to ensure Syrian citizenship for the children of Syrian women, including children born abroad, in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child. 

Recommending State: Norway

Recommendation Accepted

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Syria

133.17 Ratify the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, and the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol thereto. 

133.17 Ratify the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, and the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol thereto. 

Recommending State: Cote d'Ivoire

Recommendation Noted

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Syria

133.244 Amend the provisions in the Personal Status Law and the Citizenship Law that are discriminatory against women, specifically in the areas of marriage, divorce, inheritance, marital property and the granting of citizenship to children.

133.244 Amend the provisions in the Personal Status Law and the Citizenship Law that are discriminatory against women, specifically in the areas of marriage, divorce, inheritance, marital property and the granting of citizenship to children.

Recommending State: Sweden

Recommendation Accepted

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Syria

109.91 Conduct a review of the personal status law and other relevant laws, which will remove the provisions that are discriminatory towards women, such as those not granting them guardianship of their children, disabling them from travelling on their own with their children or not allowing...

109.91 Conduct a review of the personal status law and other relevant laws, which will remove the provisions that are discriminatory towards women, such as those not granting them guardianship of their children, disabling them from travelling on their own with their children or not allowing them to transfer their citizenship to their children. 

Recommending State: Czechia

Recommendation Accepted

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Syria

109.90 Amend the citizenship law of 1969, which prevents women from granting citizenship to their children, to ensure women’s right to grant citizenship to their children. 

109.90 Amend the citizenship law of 1969, which prevents women from granting citizenship to their children, to ensure women’s right to grant citizenship to their children. 

Recommending State: Namibia

Recommendation Accepted

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