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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Canada

37.37 Consider acceding to the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons 

37.37 Consider acceding to the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons 

Recommending State: Malta

Recommendation Noted

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International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/55/12
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Canada

37.332 Amend the Citizenship Act to include a definition of stateless person in accordance with international law

37.332 Amend the Citizenship Act to include a definition of stateless person in accordance with international law

Recommending State: Cote d'Ivoire

Recommendation Noted

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Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/55/12
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 Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Albania

30. Recalling its general recommendation No. 32 (2014) on the gender-related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality and statelessness of women, the Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Amend the Law on Citizenship to allow for the automatic transfer of nationality from...

30. Recalling its general recommendation No. 32 (2014) on the gender-related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality and statelessness of women, the Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Amend the Law on Citizenship to allow for the automatic transfer of nationality from mothers to their children, including children born to Albanian women living abroad;

(b) Strengthen the National Civil Registry by providing it with adequate human, technical and financial resources, facilitate birth registration procedures and registration of refugee and asylum-seeking women and girls through online procedures, minimize the fees for birth registration and deploy mobile civil registration units to issue birth certificates in border, rural and remote areas;

(c) Ensure that girls and boys born in the territory of the State party are registered at birth and have access to Albanian nationality and identity documents.

(Forced) migration context Nationality/Identity documentation Born on territory Born abroad Birth registration Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. CEDAW/C/ALB/CO/5
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Bhutan

40. The Committee notes the indication of the State party that the regulation of citizenship is a sovereign matter; however, it reminds the State party that article 27 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties provides that a party to a treaty may not invoke the provisions of its...

40. The Committee notes the indication of the State party that the regulation of citizenship is a sovereign matter; however, it reminds the State party that article 27 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties provides that a party to a treaty may not invoke the provisions of its internal law as a justification for its failure to perform a treaty. It recommends that the State party consider reviewing article 6 of the Constitution to ensure that all Bhutanese have the right to transmit their nationality to their children, irrespective of the other parent’s nationality or whereabouts, and that ethnic Nepali Bhutanese women are eligible for Bhutanese nationality, recognizing their strong links with the State party.

62. Recalling its general recommendation No. 32 (2014) on the gender-related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality and statelessness of women, the Committee recommends that the State party accede to the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees of 1951 and its Protocol of 1967, the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons of 1954 and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness of 1961.

Gender Race/Ethnicity International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CEDAW/C/BTN/CO/10
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Philippines

38. With reference to its general recommendation No. 32 (2014) on the gender related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality and statelessness of women, the Committee recommends that the State party accelerate the adoption of House Bill No. 7527 (Gender Equality in Naturalization...

38. With reference to its general recommendation No. 32 (2014) on the gender related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality and statelessness of women, the Committee recommends that the State party accelerate the adoption of House Bill No. 7527 (Gender Equality in Naturalization Laws) to ensure that women have equal rights with men to pass on nationality to their spouses and end the automatic conferment of nationality from husband to wife.

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. CEDAW/C/PHL/CO/9
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Malawi

30. The Committee recommends the State party conduct awareness-raising campaigns and systematic capacity-building for State agents on the application of the Malawi Citizenship (Amendment) Act of 2019 and the Marriage, Divorce and Family Relations Act of 2015. It also recommends that the...

30. The Committee recommends the State party conduct awareness-raising campaigns and systematic capacity-building for State agents on the application of the Malawi Citizenship (Amendment) Act of 2019 and the Marriage, Divorce and Family Relations Act of 2015. It also recommends that the State party ratify the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and eliminate all barriers to birth registration faced by asylum-seeking women and girls.

 

 

Birth registration International Instruments Awareness raising/Capacity building/Training
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Statelessness Doc. CEDAW/C/MWI/CO/8
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Guatemala

55. The Committee, in line with its previous concluding observations (CEDAW/C/GTM/CO/8-9, para. 47), recommends that the State party: (..) (c) Address the root causes of early pregnancy, including socioeconomic vulnerability, limited access to education and sexual violence within families,...

55. The Committee, in line with its previous concluding observations (CEDAW/C/GTM/CO/8-9, para. 47), recommends that the State party:

(..) (c) Address the root causes of early pregnancy, including socioeconomic vulnerability, limited access to education and sexual violence within families, and increase access of girls and adolescents to registration offices, including through information campaigns and other targeted measures addressing sociocultural barriers;

Birth registration
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Doc. CEDAW/C/GTM/CO/10
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Uruguay

30. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Implement its statelessness determination procedure in line with articles 2 and 9 of the Convention and the Committee’s general recommendation No. 32 (2014) on the gender-related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality and...

30. The Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Implement its statelessness determination procedure in line with articles 2 and 9 of the Convention and the Committee’s general recommendation No. 32 (2014) on the gender-related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality and statelessness of women, in order to expedite the naturalization of stateless women and girls in the State party;

(b) Raise public awareness and provide capacity-building to civil registrars on civil registration procedures aimed at granting nationality or residence permits to women and girls recognized as stateless;

(c) Collect data on stateless women and girls in the State party, disaggregated by age and ethnicity, and provide such data in its next periodic report.

Lack of documents/Access to documentation Identification and determination procedures Remedy/Reparation Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting
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Statelessness Doc. CEDAW/C/URY/CO/10