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Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Republic of the Congo

21. Taking note of target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Committee urges the State party: (a) To abolish all birth registration fees and ensure that all children, including Indigenous children and children of unmarried parents, are properly registered at birth, including by...

21. Taking note of target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Committee urges the State party:

(a) To abolish all birth registration fees and ensure that all children, including Indigenous children and children of unmarried parents, are properly registered at birth, including by raising awareness among the general population on the procedure for obtaining a birth certificate, and its free delivery, as well as by specifically targeting personnel working at civil registry services;

(b) To extend the one-month limit to allow families more time to register births, to ensure that children without a birth certificate can access education and all other essential social services, and to consider implementing “catch-up registration” through schools;

(c) To allocate sufficient funding and resources to ensure the effective implementation of the establishment of auxiliary civil status centres in health facilities.

47. While welcoming the adoption of Law No. 41-2021 of 29 September 2021, which creates a comprehensive legal basis and an appropriate framework to provide international protection, the Committee recommends that the State party:

(c) Consider ratifying 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/COG/CO/5-6
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Senegal

18. Taking note of target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Committee strongly urges the State party: (a) To ensure free birth registration at the local level for all children under the age of 5 years and extend that service throughout the country and ensure that childbirth...

18. Taking note of target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Committee strongly urges the State party:

(a) To ensure free birth registration at the local level for all children under the age of 5 years and extend that service throughout the country and ensure that childbirth registration procedures are made more accessible through the establishment of secure mechanisms at the community level, including in villages, neighbourhoods and municipalities, and the widespread computerization of birth registration;

(b) To adopt appropriate legislative and administrative measures to systematize the regular issuance of birth certificates and identity documents to refugee children and talibés, ensuring they are incorporated into the national civil registration modernization programme;

(c) To strengthen birth registration programmes, such as the Investing in the Early Years for Human Development in Senegal Project;

(d) To continue nationwide roll-out initiatives, such as the birth registration corners in health centres and the mechanisms for identifying and registering students without birth certificates;

(e) To take steps to inform the public and strengthen mass communication to promote the declaration of births, especially in rural areas, and carry out campaigns to issue supplementary judgments and set reasonable deadlines for the transcription and withdrawal of civil status documents;

(f) To abolish all birth registration fees;

(g) To implement the Act on the Status of Refugees and Stateless Persons of 14 April 2022 to prevent the statelessness of the children of foreign parents unable to confer their nationality on their children born abroad;

(h) To introduce a safeguard in its nationality law and extend the granting of nationality at birth to children, irrespective of their age, on the territory, ensuring that any child born or found on its territory who would otherwise be stateless can acquire Senegalese nationality.

(Forced) migration context Nationality/Identity documentation Born on territory Foundlings/Unaccompanied children Birth registration Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/SEN/CO/6-7
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

France

20. Recalling target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Continue its efforts to improve birth registration in the overseas territories; (...) (c) Reconsider the special regime for acquiring French nationality for children living...

20. Recalling target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Continue its efforts to improve birth registration in the overseas territories;

(...)

(c) Reconsider the special regime for acquiring French nationality for children living in Mayotte and consider ratifying the European Convention on Nationality and the Council of Europe Convention on the Avoidance of Statelessness in relation to State Succession.

Birth registration Discrimination - Other International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/FRA/CO/6-7
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Finland

20. The Committee is concerned about the risk of statelessness resulting from the failure of government officials to ensure that children are duly registered as having been born in the State party before deportation and recommends that the State party: (a) Take further steps to facilitate...

20. The Committee is concerned about the risk of statelessness resulting from the failure of government officials to ensure that children are duly registered as having been born in the State party before deportation and recommends that the State party:

(a) Take further steps to facilitate the acquisition of nationality at birth for children who might otherwise be rendered stateless and, in particular, ensure that government officials duly register all children born in the State party before deportation, as failure to do so might jeopardize access to citizenship and basic services and might increase the risk of statelessness;

(b) Adopt pending legislative amendments relating to the prevention and reduction of statelessness and related procedures.

(Forced) migration context Birth registration Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/FIN/CO/5-6
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Jordan

22. Recalling target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Committee reiterates its previous recommendations9 and further urges the State party: (a) To ensure the right of all children, including asylum-seeking, refugee and migrant children, children of Palestinian origin, children...

22. Recalling target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Committee reiterates its previous recommendations9 and further urges the State party:

(a) To ensure the right of all children, including asylum-seeking, refugee and migrant children, children of Palestinian origin, children of unmarried parents and children of non-Jordanian fathers, to be registered at birth and to have access to identification cards, without exception; and to waive residency or overstay fines for children without regular residence status;

(b) To amend the Nationality Law to remove legal barriers and strengthen legal pathways for all children, including children born to unmarried parents, non-Jordanian fathers and Jordanian women of Palestinian origin, to acquire a nationality; and to facilitate the acquisition of nationality for children who would otherwise be stateless;

(c) To prevent the withdrawal of nationality of Palestinian refugees and their children residing in the State party;

(d) To consider ratifying the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Loss/Deprivation Nationality/Identity documentation Birth registration Gender Discrimination - Other International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/JOR/CO/6
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Dominican Republic

20. Taking note of target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals and the progress made in the State party in registering children before they turn 1 year old and the positive impact of the placement of birth registration outreach workers in priority hospitals, the Committee recommends...

20. Taking note of target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals and the progress made in the State party in registering children before they turn 1 year old and the positive impact of the placement of birth registration outreach workers in priority hospitals, the Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Continue its efforts to ensure that all children born on its territory are registered immediately and issued, free of charge, with an official birth certificate, especially those living in rural areas, not born in a hospital, from poor households, of adolescent mothers and of foreign parents, particularly babies of Dominican-Haitian couples and Dominican-born babies of Venezuelan descent;

(b) Accelerate efforts to approve the amendment of Act No. 659-44, which eliminates the judicial process for late registration and provides for an electronic civil registry;

(c) Strengthen the Inter-Agency Coordination Committee and ensure the proper implementation of Act No. 4-23 and the Inter-Agency Cooperation Framework Agreement for the Timely and Late Registration of Births in the Dominican Republic;

(d) Ensure that the lack of a birth certificate does not deny children’s access to education.

22. The Committee urges the State party:

(a) To remove legal provisions and administrative practices that prevent the birth registration and access to nationality of children of Haitian descent, including by reviewing articles 3 and 4 of the Naturalization Act of 1948 and the General Migration Act;

(b) To ensure that women are granted equal rights to men to confer Dominican nationality on their children;

(c) To prevent statelessness at birth and statelessness caused by collective deprivation of nationality and ensure that every child has the right to a nationality;

(d) To guarantee that immigrant and Dominican-born children of Haitian descent who are beneficiaries of Act No. 169-14 have the right to acquire nationality by expediting the implementation of that Act and of the National Plan for the Regularization of Foreigners, regularize or restore the nationality of children affected by Constitutional Court judgment 168-13 and provide access to legal documentation to acquire a nationality without discrimination;

(e) To adopt a protocol to extend the migratory status provided for in the normalization plan for Venezuelans to all children born in the State party of parents of Venezuelan nationality, enabling them to access provisional legal documentation and nationality;

(f) To eliminate barriers and guarantee immigrant and Dominican-born children of foreign descent who have no legal documentation equal access to, and full and effective exercise of, all rights, especially the rights to health, education, social protection and protection from violence;

(g) To consider ratifying the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons of 1954 and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness of 1961.

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Remedy/Reparation Loss/Deprivation (Forced) migration context Nationality/Identity documentation Born on territory Born abroad Birth registration Gender Race/Ethnicity International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/DOM/CO/6
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Kyrgyzstan

20. Noting with appreciation the measures taken to end statelessness and achieve universal birth registration, the Committee recalls target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals and recommends that the State party: (a) Continue its efforts to ensure the right of all children, regardless...

20. Noting with appreciation the measures taken to end statelessness and achieve universal birth registration, the Committee recalls target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals and recommends that the State party:

(a) Continue its efforts to ensure the right of all children, regardless of their parents’ immigration or residence status, to be registered at birth and have access to identification cards, such as by: (i) simplifying the documentation requirements for birth registration and the issuance of birth certificates, particularly for children of parents who do not have the required documents; (ii) waiving fines for late birth registration for families in need; and (iii) ensuring that the Balaga Suyunchu birth allowance is available to all families who need it;

(b) Simplify the application procedures for citizenship and residency, with a view to facilitating the acquisition of nationality for children who would otherwise be stateless and ensuring that children without a regular residence status have access to basic services;

(c) Develop a procedure to determine the stateless status of children in order to properly identify and protect stateless children, and consider ratifying the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, in line with its commitments made in 2019.

35. Recalling targets 3.3 and 3.8 of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Committee recommends that the State party:

(b) Ensure the access of asylum-seeking, refugee, migrant and stateless children to primary health services;

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Identification and determination procedures Access to nationality/Naturalization Nationality/Identity documentation Birth registration International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/KGZ/CO/5-6
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Albania

21. Noting that children from Roma and Egyptian minority groups, migrant children, children not born in health-care institutions, children living in rural areas and children born abroad, including to Albanian parents in refugee camps in the SyrianArab Republic, experience disproportionately...

21. Noting that children from Roma and Egyptian minority groups, migrant children, children not born in health-care institutions, children living in rural areas and children born abroad, including to Albanian parents in refugee camps in the SyrianArab Republic, experience disproportionately low rates of birth registration, and recalling target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Ensure the issuance of birth certificates to all children born in its territory, immediately after birth, regardless of the immigration status of the child or the parents, including those who are undocumented;

(b) Improve collaboration between civil registry authorities and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to facilitate the registration of children born abroad;

(c) Expand community education and outreach regarding the registration process and legal aid available, targeting children whose registration continues to present challenges;

(d) Consider ratifying the Council of Europe Convention on the Avoidance of Statelessness in relation to State Succession.

Birth registration International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/ALB/CO/5-6
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Andorra

40. Recalling its previous recommendations6 and joint general comments No. 3 and No. 4 of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families/No. 22 and No. 23 (2017) of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the general principles...

40. Recalling its previous recommendations6 and joint general comments No. 3 and No. 4 of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families/No. 22 and No. 23 (2017) of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the general principles regarding the human rights of children in the context of international migration, the Committee recommends that the State party: (...)

(c) Consider ratifying the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the Protocol thereto, the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness

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

Togo

24. Recalling target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals and its previous recommendations, the Committee urges the State party: (a) To ensure free and universal birth registration, with particular attention paid to the poorest families and rural areas, including by increasing the...

24. Recalling target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals and its previous recommendations, the Committee urges the State party:

(a) To ensure free and universal birth registration, with particular attention paid to the poorest families and rural areas, including by increasing the number of birth registration facilities, promoting birth registration for all children through awarenes sraising campaigns, improving the monitoring of birth registration and strengthening cooperation between health and civil registry services;

(b) To abolish fees for late birth registration and review the legislation accordingly, including Decree No. 2021-134/PR, so that legal remedies are not necessary; 

(c) To ensure that a birth certificate is provided free of charge for every registered birth and that children without a birth certificate can access education and all other essential social services, and to consider implementing “catch-up registration” through schools;

(d) To review legislation to ensure that Togolese nationality can be conferred by either parent;

(e) To facilitate naturalization and access to nationality for refugee children and their parents;

(f) To implement the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Access to nationality/Naturalization Birth registration Gender International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/TGO/CO/5-6