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: 56

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

157.30. Ratify the Conventions on refugees and stateless persons.

157.30. Ratify the Conventions on refugees and stateless persons.

Recommending State: Honduras

Recommendation Noted

International Instruments

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

157.116. Remove all gender-discriminatory provisions from the Nationality Law of 1959 and adopt comprehensive plans of action to achieve gender equality and to fight violence against women.

157.116. Remove all gender-discriminatory provisions from the Nationality Law of 1959 and adopt comprehensive plans of action to achieve gender equality and to fight violence against women.

Recommending State: Czechia

Recommendation Noted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

157.243. Establish a process for handling requests for nationality by Bidouns in accordance with international standards.

157.243. Establish a process for handling requests for nationality by Bidouns in accordance with international standards.

Recommending State: Belgium

Recommendation Noted

Remedy/Reparation

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

157.251. Urgently take measures to grant legal status to over 100,000 stateless persons and ensure their protection under the labour law.

157.251. Urgently take measures to grant legal status to over 100,000 stateless persons and ensure their protection under the labour law.

Recommending State: Austria

Recommendation Noted

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Remedy/Reparation

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

157.33. Accede to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and uphold the rights of the Bidouns to nationality and access to social services.

157.33. Accede to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and uphold the rights of the Bidouns to nationality and access to social services.

Recommending State: Canada

Recommendation Noted

Protection/Enjoyment of rights International Instruments

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

157.119. Review the Nationality Act to ensure equality between women and men with regard to the acquisition, change and retention of nationality.

157.119. Review the Nationality Act to ensure equality between women and men with regard to the acquisition, change and retention of nationality.

Recommending State: Poland

Recommendation Noted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

157.246. Take proper action to improve the situation of stateless persons, including by recognizing their civil and political rights.

157.246. Take proper action to improve the situation of stateless persons, including by recognizing their civil and political rights.

Recommending State: Slovakia

Recommendation Noted

Protection/Enjoyment of rights

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

157.254. Regularize as soon as possible the protracted situation of the stateless Bidouns in conformity with its international obligations and commitments and accede to the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons.

157.254. Regularize as soon as possible the protracted situation of the stateless Bidouns in conformity with its international obligations and commitments and accede to the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons.

Recommending State: Switzerland

Recommendation Noted

Remedy/Reparation International Instruments

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

157.114. Modify the law relating to the nationality in a way to recognize the right of Kuwaiti women to transmit their nationality to their spouses and children.

157.114. Modify the law relating to the nationality in a way to recognize the right of Kuwaiti women to transmit their nationality to their spouses and children.

Recommending State: Togo

Recommendation Noted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

157.241. Strengthen actions to ensure that the rights of stateless individuals (Bidoun), domestic migrant workers and foreign female workers are protected and stateless children have access to education and health care.

157.241. Strengthen actions to ensure that the rights of stateless individuals (Bidoun), domestic migrant workers and foreign female workers are protected and stateless children have access to education and health care.

Recommending State: Netherlands

Recommendation Noted

Protection/Enjoyment of rights