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Number of results found: 41

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Myanmar

33.92 Delink citizenship and respect for human rights from ethnicity and ensure that politics and the peace process do not cement ethnic divisions.

33.92 Delink citizenship and respect for human rights from ethnicity and ensure that politics and the peace process do not cement ethnic divisions.

Recommending State: Slovakia

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Myanmar

34.30 Repeal laws and policies that perpetuate discrimination on the basis of ethnic, religious, cultural or language identity, including the Citizenship Law and the land ownership law. 

34.30 Repeal laws and policies that perpetuate discrimination on the basis of ethnic, religious, cultural or language identity, including the Citizenship Law and the land ownership law. 

Recommending State: Jordan

Recommendation Noted

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Race/Ethnicity Religion Discrimination - Other Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Myanmar

34.40 Reform the 1982 Citizenship Act to eliminate citizenship requirements that discriminate on the basis of race, religion and ethnic origin. 

34.40 Reform the 1982 Citizenship Act to eliminate citizenship requirements that discriminate on the basis of race, religion and ethnic origin. 

Recommending State: Switzerland

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Mauritania

130.124 Ensure the freedom of expression of all religious groups and cease the practice of rescinding citizenship from Christian converts. 

130.124 Ensure the freedom of expression of all religious groups and cease the practice of rescinding citizenship from Christian converts. 

Recommending State: Holy See

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Mauritania

130.45 Decriminalise apostasy and amend the Constitution to protect freedom of religion and allow people of a non-Muslim faith to remain citizens. 

130.45 Decriminalise apostasy and amend the Constitution to protect freedom of religion and allow people of a non-Muslim faith to remain citizens. 

Recommending State: Australia

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Maldives

133.75 Remove from Maldivian law all provisions that discriminate on the basis of religion, namely those regarding citizenship, and accede to the United Nations conventions on statelessness. 

133.75 Remove from Maldivian law all provisions that discriminate on the basis of religion, namely those regarding citizenship, and accede to the United Nations conventions on statelessness. 

Recommending State: Portugal

Recommendation Noted

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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/46/10
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Madagascar

123.11 Take all measures likely to reduce the rate of stateless persons among the population, regardless of their ethnic or religious origin. 

123.11 Take all measures likely to reduce the rate of stateless persons among the population, regardless of their ethnic or religious origin. 

Recommending State: Switzerland

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Dominican Republic

94.190 Comply with the judgments of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the recommendations of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the recommendations formulated by other States in past universal periodic review cycles to implement a legal framework on the effective...

94.190 Comply with the judgments of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the recommendations of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the recommendations formulated by other States in past universal periodic review cycles to implement a legal framework on the effective restitution of nationality to Dominicans of Haitian descent and to develop a national registry to identify stateless persons or those at risk of becoming stateless. 

Recommending State: Uruguay

Recommendation Noted

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Identification and determination procedures Remedy/Reparation Race/Ethnicity Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/41/16
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Dominican Republic

94.173 Adopt the necessary legislative and administrative measures to combat all forms of discrimination in access to nationality for the children of Haitian immigrants born in the country as well as in the situation of Haitian migrants. 

94.173 Adopt the necessary legislative and administrative measures to combat all forms of discrimination in access to nationality for the children of Haitian immigrants born in the country as well as in the situation of Haitian migrants. 

Recommending State: Spain

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Cyprus

139.100 Review and amend relevant legal provisions, guaranteeing the right of all persons who have one Cypriot parent to obtain Cypriot nationality, on an equal basis with others, irrespective of the other parent’s ethnicity, gender, place of residence or means of entering the country. 

139.100 Review and amend relevant legal provisions, guaranteeing the right of all persons who have one Cypriot parent to obtain Cypriot nationality, on an equal basis with others, irrespective of the other parent’s ethnicity, gender, place of residence or means of entering the country. 

Recommending State: United Kingdom

Recommendation Noted

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