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Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Zambia

21. (...) Taking note of target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Strengthen and speed up the roll-out of the Integrated National Registration and Information System and consider linking it with the SmartCare information management...

21. (...) Taking note of target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Strengthen and speed up the roll-out of the Integrated National Registration and Information System and consider linking it with the SmartCare information management system at the Ministry of Health;

(b) Ensure that health facility birth registration desks are widely available throughout the country and are always stocked with birth notification forms, and consider digitalizing the birth notification system at the health facility level to ensure a single procedure of birth notification for health and civil notification purposes;

(c) Ensure sustainable financing for birth registration to render it less reliant on donor funding; 

(d) Revise the law to prevent and respond to statelessness and consider ratifying the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness of 1961.

Birth registration International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/ZMB/CO/5-7
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Cyprus

21. Taking note target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Establish legal safeguards, including legislation and procedures, including removal of fees for birth registration, to prevent statelessness; (b) Facilitate the acquisition...

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

(a) Establish legal safeguards, including legislation and procedures, including removal of fees for birth registration, to prevent statelessness;

(b) Facilitate the acquisition of nationality for children who would otherwise be stateless, regardless of their parents’ citizenship, residence, legal or marital status, with particular attention given to children born to refugee, asylum-seeking, migrant or stateless parents, and regardless of the existence of the family link before the departure from the country of origin;

(c) Consider ratifying the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and the European Convention on Nationality.

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

Iceland

18. The Committee welcomes the amendments made to the Icelandic Nationality Act in 2018, but is concerned that children born in the State party to parents with an irregular residence status are registered as domiciled overseas, which negatively affects their access to health and other...

18. The Committee welcomes the amendments made to the Icelandic Nationality Act in 2018, but is concerned that children born in the State party to parents with an irregular residence status are registered as domiciled overseas, which negatively affects their access to health and other services. It recommends that the State party ensure that children of parents with an irregular residence status have access to health and other services and receive protection against deportation under article 102 of the Foreign Nationals Act, and strengthen legal pathways for such children to acquire a nationality.

Birth registration Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. CRC/C/ISL/CO/5-6
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Djibouti

20. Taking note of target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals and recalling its previous recommendations, 8 the Committee urges the State party to simplify and standardize the birth registration process and make it free of charge in all situation and accessible, and ensure the issuance...

20. Taking note of target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals and recalling its previous recommendations, 8 the Committee urges the State party to simplify and standardize the birth registration process and make it free of charge in all situation and accessible, and ensure the issuance of birth certificates for all children born in its territory, in particular in rural areas, and for nomad children, children in street situations, refugee and migrant children.

40. The Committee welcomes the legislative and policy measures taken to protect the rights of asylum-seeking and refugee children. In the light of 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 of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (2017) on the human rights of children in the context of international migration, and its general comment No. 6 (2005) on treatment of unaccompanied and separated children outside their country of origin, the Committee recommends that the State party:

(...)

(e) Continue to issue a birth certificate to every newborn refugee or migrant child to protect them and prevent statelessness;

(f) Consider ratifying the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

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

Canada

23. While noting the disproportionate barriers to access to birth registration for children of indigenous communities, the Committee takes note of target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals and urges the State party to: (a) Ensure the issuance of birth certificates for all children...

23. While noting the disproportionate barriers to access to birth registration for children of indigenous communities, the Committee takes note of target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals and urges the State party to:

(a) Ensure the issuance of birth certificates for all children born in its territory, in particular indigenous children, immediately after the birth;

(b) Amend the Citizenship Act to include a definition of stateless person in accordance with international law and consider ratifying the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons.

Birth registration International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/CAN/CO/5-6
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Croatia

20. Taking note of target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Ensure that there are no legal and administrative obstacles to obtaining Croatian citizenship following home births and online confirmation of birth through the E-Citizen...

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

(a) Ensure that there are no legal and administrative obstacles to obtaining Croatian citizenship following home births and online confirmation of birth through the E-Citizen application, including for children of minority groups;

(b) Consider ratifying the 1997 European Convention on Nationality and the 2009 Council of Europe Convention on the avoidance of statelessness in relation to State succession.

Access to nationality/Naturalization International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/HRV/CO/5-6
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Somalia

33. Taking note of target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Committee strongly urges the State party to: (a) Enact civil registration legislation and policies and provide the necessary resources to establish registration that is free of charge of all children born in its...

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

(a) Enact civil registration legislation and policies and provide the necessary resources to establish registration that is free of charge of all children born in its territory;

(b) Promote and raise awareness of the public on the importance of the registration of children;

(c) Step up and accelerate the adoption of the Citizenship Amendment Bill and other legislative measures to ensure non-discriminatory access to nationality for all children, including children born to Somali mothers and foreign fathers;

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

Birth registration Gender International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/SOM/CO/1
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Chile

35. With reference to joint general comments No. 3 and No. 4 (2017) 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 human rights of children in the context of...

35. With reference to joint general comments No. 3 and No. 4 (2017) 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 human rights of children in the context of international migration, the Committee urges the State party to: (...)

(g) Gather sex- and age-disaggregated statistics on the current number of asylum-seeking, refugee and stateless children as well as unaccompanied and separated children and those who are being rejected to formalize an asylum petition and expressly include these groups in planning activities and in economic and social indicators and statistical data;

(k) Incorporate the right to a nationality, include legal safeguards to prevent statelessness, and define statelessness determination procedures, in the law on Guarantees for the Protection of Children.

Identification and determination procedures Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/CHL/CO/6-7
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Cuba

21. The Committee notes the information that more than 99 per cent of births occur at health centres where birth registration procedures are carried out and recommends that the State party further create a conducive environment for the discharge of the obligation to report a birth to the...

21. The Committee notes the information that more than 99 per cent of births occur at health centres where birth registration procedures are carried out and recommends that the State party further create a conducive environment for the discharge of the obligation to report a birth to the civil registry within 30 days after its occurrence.

22. The Committee welcomes Decree Law No. 352 on the acquisition of Cuban citizenship for those born abroad of a Cuban mother or father, of 2017, facilitating access to Cuban nationality for children born abroad, and recommends that the State party consider ratifying the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, of 1954, and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, of 1961. 

Birth registration International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/CUB/CO/3-6
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Madagascar

20. Taking note of target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Committee strongly urges the State party to: (a) Take steps to reverse the current downward trend of birth registrations in the country, including by allocating adequate resources for implementation of the civil...

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

(a) Take steps to reverse the current downward trend of birth registrations in the country, including by allocating adequate resources for implementation of the civil registration and vital statistics national strategic plan and making concerted efforts, such as enabling late and free of charge registrations and increasing birth registration in areas with very low rates, especially in the region of Atsimo Andrefana;

(b) Amend its law on nationality in order to provide legal safeguards against statelessness at birth and to allow children adopted by a Malagasy mother and foreign father to gain the nationality;

(c) Consider acceding to the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons of 1954 and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness of 1961;

(d) Seek technical assistance from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and UNICEF, among others, for the implementation of these recommendations.

Adoption/Surrogacy Birth registration Gender International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action Implementing measures - Other
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/MDG/CO/5-6