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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Bhutan

129.24 Ratify the core human rights treaties to which it is not yet a party, as well as the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

129.24 Ratify the core human rights treaties to which it is not yet a party, as well as the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Recommending State: Paraguay

Recommendation Noted

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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/58/9
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Bhutan

129.200 Amend legislation to guarantee Bhutanese nationality to all children born on its territory, without distinction as to the nationality or marital status of their parents, and grant the possibility to children of Bhutanese born abroad of opting for Bhutanese nationality.

129.200 Amend legislation to guarantee Bhutanese nationality to all children born on its territory, without distinction as to the nationality or marital status of their parents, and grant the possibility to children of Bhutanese born abroad of opting for Bhutanese nationality.

Recommending State: Paraguay

Recommendation Noted

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Born on territory Born abroad Discrimination - Other Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Bhutan

129.203 Facilitate Bhutanese nationality for children with only one Bhutanese parent.

129.203 Facilitate Bhutanese nationality for children with only one Bhutanese parent.

Recommending State: France

Recommendation Noted

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Children - Other Implementing measures - Other
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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Ethiopia

58.295 Intensify awareness-raising efforts regarding birth registration and address the requirement for the presence of both parents during the process.

58.295 Intensify awareness-raising efforts regarding birth registration and address the requirement for the presence of both parents during the process.

Recommending State: South Africa

Recommendation Accepted

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Birth registration
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Doc. A/HRC/58/15
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Equatorial Guinea

117.218 Develop a national action plan to reduce statelessness and protect stateless persons, with the support, technical advice and experience of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other stakeholders.

117.218 Develop a national action plan to reduce statelessness and protect stateless persons, with the support, technical advice and experience of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other stakeholders.

Recommending State: Costa Rica

Recommendation Accepted

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Protection/Enjoyment of rights Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/58/14
Committee against Torture (CAT)

Mongolia

33. While noting that article 1.7 (3) of the Criminal Code prohibits the extradition of foreign nationals or stateless persons for the purpose of investigation or punishment of an offence where there is a risk of torture or the imposition of death penalty, the Committee remains concerned...

33. While noting that article 1.7 (3) of the Criminal Code prohibits the extradition of foreign nationals or stateless persons for the purpose of investigation or punishment of an offence where there is a risk of torture or the imposition of death penalty, the Committee remains concerned that several bilateral and multilateral agreements concluded by the State party, including those signed with Belarus and Kazakhstan in 2018 and 2019 respectively, contain broadly worded provisions which do not seem to specifically cover instances related to sufficient grounds to consider a risk of torture. Furthermore, the Committee notes with concern that the State party has not acceded to the international conventions on the rights of refugees and stateless persons, and that its domestic legislation, the Constitution and the Law on the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens do not provide a sufficient framework for a national asylum determination procedure that allows for a thorough individual assessment of whether there is a substantial risk that the applicant would be subjected to torture in the country of destination. While noting the statistics provided by the State party on the expulsion of 1,360 foreign nationals between 2020 and 2024, the Committee regrets the absence of statistics on asylum applications received and refugee status granted during the period under review, the reportedly low rate of refugee recognition in the State party and the lack of a registration database of migrants and stateless persons (arts. 2, 3 and 16).

34. The State party should ensure that no one may be expelled, returned or extradited to another State where there are substantial grounds for believing that he or she would run a personal and foreseeable risk of being subjected to torture. In particular, the State party should take all necessary steps to bring its bilateral and multilateral agreements on extradition into conformity with the principle of non-refoulement. The State party should further take all legislative steps to establish comprehensive national asylum legislation and procedures that provide effective protection to asylum-seekers and refugees against refoulement to a State where there are substantial grounds for believing that they would be in danger of being subjected to torture or ill-treatment, in accordance with article 3 of the Convention. The State party should consider acceding to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol, the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

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Statelessness Doc. CAT/C/MNG/CO/3
Committee against Torture (CAT)

Namibia

26. [...] While noting the measures taken to address statelessness, including the implementation of the national action plan and the birth registration outreach programmes, notably in rural areas, the Committee is concerned about reports indicating the continued existence of de facto...

26. [...] While noting the measures taken to address statelessness, including the implementation of the national action plan and the birth registration outreach programmes, notably in rural areas, the Committee is concerned about reports indicating the continued existence of de facto stateless persons living in tribal and traditional communities. [...]

27. The State party should: (...)

(b) Update and maintain complete statistical data, disaggregated by gender, age and country of origin, on asylum-seekers, refugees, stateless persons and migrants in Namibia, including information on expulsion and deportation procedures and repatriations conducted on a voluntary basis; (...)

(d) Consider acceding to the Organization of African Unity Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa of 1969, the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons of 1954 and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness of 1961 and ensure that the currently drafted national legislation on stateless persons is in line with international standards.

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Statelessness Doc. CAT/C/NAM/CO/3
Committee against Torture (CAT)

Thailand

32. While noting steps taken by the State party to improve conditions for migrant children and their family members in detention, including through the Memorandum of Understanding on the Determination of Measures and Approaches Alternative to the Detention of Children in Immigration Centres,...

32. While noting steps taken by the State party to improve conditions for migrant children and their family members in detention, including through the Memorandum of Understanding on the Determination of Measures and Approaches Alternative to the Detention of Children in Immigration Centres, the Committee remains concerned that irregular migrants and stateless persons may be subject to criminal prosecution and indefinite detention, without proper access to judicial review, solely as a result of their irregular entry into the country or lack of personal documents.(...) The Committee notes with grave concern the special legislative framework applied to ethnic Uyghur and Rohingya migrants, many of whom are seeking international protection, who are denied access to the protected person status conferred by the national screening mechanism and who are instead subject to the purview of the National Security Council, without individualized determinations regarding their status (arts. 2, 3, 11–13 and 16).

33. The State party should: (...)

(b) Ensure that its legislation, including the Immigration Act B.E. 2522 (1979), conforms with international standards that prohibit criminal prosecution and indefinite detention for irregular entry; (...)

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

Detention International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CAT/C/THA/CO/2
Committee against Torture (CAT)

Jordan

32. The Committee urges the State party: (...) (c) To consider ratifying the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

32. The Committee urges the State party: (...)

(c) To consider ratifying the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, 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. CAT/C/JOR/CO/4
Committee against Torture (CAT)

Kuwait

37. While noting the measures taken by the State party to improve the situation of Bidoon, including by granting Kuwaiti nationality to a number of them in recent years, the Committee remains concerned that they are still considered “illegal residents” by the State party and that they...

37. While noting the measures taken by the State party to improve the situation of Bidoon, including by granting Kuwaiti nationality to a number of them in recent years, the Committee remains concerned that they are still considered “illegal residents” by the State party and that they reportedly continue to lack legal recognition, which exposes them to various types of discrimination and ill-treatment. (...)

38. The State party should take all measures necessary:

(c) To speed up the process of ensuring that no person becomes or remains stateless, by granting citizenship or by issuing identity documents to Bidoon, where appropriate, and to guarantee the right of every child, without exception, to be registered at birth and acquire a nationality;

(d) To consider becoming a party to the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and to the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Nationality/Identity documentation Birth registration International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. CAT/C/KWT/CO/4