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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

North Macedonia

101.14 Endeavour to put in place structures that guarantee the citizenship rights of its people. 

101.14 Endeavour to put in place structures that guarantee the citizenship rights of its people. 

Recommending State: Nigeria

Recommendation Accepted

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Doc. A/HRC/26/10
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Belgium

17. (...) Recalling its general recommendation No. 30 (2005) on discrimination against non-citizens, the Committee recommends that the State party consider amending its legislation regarding the acquisition of Belgian nationality to facilitate the integration of migrants into its society. In...

17. (...) Recalling its general recommendation No. 30 (2005) on discrimination against non-citizens, the Committee recommends that the State party consider amending its legislation regarding the acquisition of Belgian nationality to facilitate the integration of migrants into its society. In particular, the Committee recommends that the State party make the criteria for economic integration more flexible. The Committee recommends that the State party ensure that its legislation regarding family reunification for persons who have been naturalized does not discriminate on the basis of national origin or ethnicity. The Committee further recommends that the State party ratify the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

(Forced) migration context Access to nationality/Naturalization International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CERD/C/BEL/CO/16-19
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Kazakhstan

19. The Committee recommends that the State party : (a) Take measures to address statelessness; (b) Provide data in its next periodic report on the acquisition of Kazakh citizenship and the number of persons who lack valid identity documents, as well as the exact number of stateless...

19. The Committee recommends that the State party :

(a) Take measures to address statelessness;

(b) Provide data in its next periodic report on the acquisition of Kazakh citizenship and the number of persons who lack valid identity documents, as well as the exact number of stateless persons and of persons at risk of statelessness, including their ethnic origin;

(c) Take measures to ensure that the State party’s laws concerning the acquisition of Kazakh nationality do not increase the number of stateless persons;

(d) Consider acceding to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, as a matter of priority.

Access to nationality/Naturalization Nationality/Identity documentation International Instruments Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting
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Statelessness Doc. CERD/C/KAZ/CO/6-7
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Uzbekistan

20. (...) The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Urgently take measures to address statelessness, including by improving the transparency of and expediting the naturalization procedure; (b) Include in its next periodic report statistics on the acquisition of Uzbek citizenship; ...

20. (...) The Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Urgently take measures to address statelessness, including by improving the transparency of and expediting the naturalization procedure;

(b) Include in its next periodic report statistics on the acquisition of Uzbek citizenship;

(c) Supply information on the impact of the 2012 Cabinet Decision on the “procedures for permanent and temporary registration of foreign nationals and stateless persons in the city of Tashkent” and of the 2011 Cabinet Decision on “a stateless person’s travel documents” on the rights of stateless persons and the reduction of statelessness;

(d) Inform the Committee of any envisaged amendments to the legislation or the procedure for granting citizenship to stateless persons. Moreover, the Committee reiterates its invitation to the State party to accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Lack of documents/Access to documentation Access to nationality/Naturalization International Instruments Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CERD/C/UZB/CO/8-9
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Montenegro

12. (...) Recalling its general recommendation No. 30 on discrimination against non-citizens, the Committee recommends that the State party: (...) (d) Establish a simplified birth registration procedure and issue documents to all persons born in the territory of the State party; (e)...

12. (...) Recalling its general recommendation No. 30 on discrimination against non-citizens, the Committee recommends that the State party:

(...)

(d) Establish a simplified birth registration procedure and issue documents to all persons born in the territory of the State party;

(e) Devise a strategy and take administrative and judicial measures to register or retroactively register children born outside of established health institutions.

14. (...) In the light of its general recommendations No. 19 (1995) on racial segregation and apartheid and No. 27 (2000) on discrimination against Roma, the Committee recommends that the State party:

(...)

(b) Ensure that children of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian origin without birth registration or identity documents do not suffer discrimination in accessing education and in the school environment;

(...)

Nationality/Identity documentation Birth registration
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Doc. CERD/C/MNE/CO/2-3
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Switzerland

13. (...) The Committee recommends that the State party ensure that any revision of the Swiss Citizenship Act does not have a disproportionate and discriminatory impact on certain groups. It also reiterates its previous recommendation that the State party adopt uniform standards on...

13. (...) The Committee recommends that the State party ensure that any revision of the Swiss Citizenship Act does not have a disproportionate and discriminatory impact on certain groups. It also reiterates its previous recommendation that the State party adopt uniform standards on integration for the naturalization process, in conformity with the Convention, and take all effective and adequate measures to ensure that naturalization applications are not rejected on discriminatory grounds throughout the territory of the State party, including by establishing an independent and uniform appeals procedure in all cantons. 

19. Bearing in mind the indivisibility of all human rights, the Committee encourages the State party to consider ratifying international human rights treaties which it has not yet ratified, in particular treaties with provisions that have a direct relevance to communities that may be the subject of racial discrimination, such as (...) the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (...). 

Access to nationality/Naturalization International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CERD/C/CHE/CO/7-9
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Kazakhstan

25. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Undertake programmes aimed at accelerating the regularization of stateless women and girls and ensure that they have adequate access to education, health care and other basic services; (b) Strengthen its public awareness-raising...

25. The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a) Undertake programmes aimed at accelerating the regularization of stateless women and girls and ensure that they have adequate access to education, health care and other basic services;
(b) Strengthen its public awareness-raising campaigns and take specific measures to ensure that poor and rural women are aware of the requirements relating to State birth registration and are able to easily gain access to birth registration services, including birth certificates, provided by the Government.

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Remedy/Reparation Birth registration Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CEDAW/C/KAZ/CO/3-4
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Sierra Leone

27. The Committee urges the State party to ensure the equal rights of women and men to acquire, transfer, change or retain their nationality, and to transmit it to their children born abroad. The Committee urges the State party to amend the Citizenship Act in order to bring it into full...

27. The Committee urges the State party to ensure the equal rights of women and men to acquire, transfer, change or retain their nationality, and to transmit it to their children born abroad. The Committee urges the State party to amend the Citizenship Act in order to bring it into full compliance with article 9 of the Convention. It further recommends that the State party consider acceding to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Born abroad Gender International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. CEDAW/C/SLE/CO/6
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Bahrain

33. Nevertheless, the Committee is concerned that women still do not enjoy equal rights to nationality, given that men automatically confer their nationality to their children, while Bahraini women do not. The Committee notes the slow pace of adoption of the draft amendments to the...

33. Nevertheless, the Committee is concerned that women still do not enjoy equal rights to nationality, given that men automatically confer their nationality to their children, while Bahraini women do not. The Committee notes the slow pace of adoption of the draft amendments to the Nationality Law and is especially concerned that such amendments will not automatically grant children of Bahraini women married to foreigners the nationality of their mothers, but will only codify the present system according to which, women, upon request and royal decision, can transfer their nationality to their children. In addition, the Committee is concerned about the situation of stateless persons, including the possibility of children of Bahraini women married to foreigners becoming stateless.

34. Recalling its previous recommendation (CEDAW/C/BHR/CO/2, para. 31) and in light of the State party’s commitment during its most recent universal periodic review, the Committee urges the State party to expedite the amendments to the Nationality Law to bring it into full compliance with article 9 of the Convention, and to withdraw its reservation to article 9 (2). Furthermore, it recommends that the State party consider acceding to international instruments to address the situation of stateless persons, including the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Gender International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CEDAW/C/BHR/CO/3
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Iraq

37. The Committee recommends that the State party amend the discriminatory provisions of Act No. 26 (2006), namely articles 4, 7 and 11, in order to ensure that women and men enjoy equal rights to acquire, transfer, retain and change their nationality, in line with article 9 of the...

37. The Committee recommends that the State party amend the discriminatory provisions of Act No. 26 (2006), namely articles 4, 7 and 11, in
order to ensure that women and men enjoy equal rights to acquire, transfer, retain and change their nationality, in line with article 9 of the Convention.

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. CEDAW/C/IRQ/CO/4-6