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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

78.6. Ratify the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 

78.6. Ratify the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 

Recommending State: Slovakia

Recommendation Accepted

International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/18/15
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

Suriname

73.9. Ratify the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 

73.9. Ratify the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 

Recommending State: Slovakia

Recommendation Noted

International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/18/12
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

Suriname

73.23. Develop further and implement policies and legislation aimed at gender equality, particularly with regard to acquisition of nationality and to sexual or domestic violence. 

73.23. Develop further and implement policies and legislation aimed at gender equality, particularly with regard to acquisition of nationality and to sexual or domestic violence. 

Recommending State: Brazil

Recommendation Accepted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. A/HRC/18/12
Committee against Torture (CAT)

Kuwait

26. The Committee expresses its concern at the situation of at least 100,000 people, who are not legally recognized by the State, known as the “Bidun” (without nationality) and allegedly victims of various types of discrimination and ill-treatment (art. 16). The State party should enact...

26. The Committee expresses its concern at the situation of at least 100,000 people, who are not legally recognized by the State, known as the “Bidun” (without nationality) and allegedly victims of various types of discrimination and ill-treatment (art. 16).

The State party should enact specific legislation in order to protect “Bidun” people and recognize their legal status. The State party should adopt all adequate legal and practical measures to simplify and facilitate the regularization and integration of these persons and their children. It should ensure that these persons enjoy all human rights without discrimination of any kind. The State party should also adopt the necessary measures to guarantee that these persons are informed of their rights in a language they understand and have access to the fundamental legal safeguards from the moment they are deprived of their liberty, without any discrimination.

33. The Committee invites the State party to ratify the Rome Statute on the International Criminal Court, the Convention on the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Detention Remedy/Reparation Race/Ethnicity International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CAT/C/KWT/CO/2
Committee against Torture (CAT)

Slovenia

18. (...) In light of its general comment No. 2 (2008) on implementation of article 2 by States parties, the Committee recalls the special protection of certain minorities or marginalized individuals or groups especially at risk is part of the State party’s obligations under the Convention....

18. (...) In light of its general comment No. 2 (2008) on implementation of article 2 by States parties, the Committee recalls the special protection of certain minorities or marginalized individuals or groups especially at risk is part of the State party’s obligations under the Convention. In this respect, the Committee recommends that the State party takes measures to restore the permanent resident status of the so-called “erased” persons who were returned to other States in Former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The Committee also encourages the State party to facilitate the full integration of the “erased” persons, including of those who belong to Roma communities and guarantee them with fair procedures for application for citizenship.

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Access to nationality/Naturalization Race/Ethnicity
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Statelessness Doc. CAT/C/SVN/CO/3
Human Rights Committee (CCPR)

Serbia

19. (...) The State party should continue its efforts to provide all persons under its jurisdiction with identification documents, in particular those who were never registered or issued such documents. (...)

19. (...) The State party should continue its efforts to provide all persons under its jurisdiction with identification documents, in particular those who were never registered or issued such documents. (...)

Nationality/Identity documentation
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Doc. CCPR/C/SRB/CO/2
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Singapore

36. The Committee recommends that the State party to revise its nationality law with a view to preventing children from being deprived of their citizenship, and to consider granting citizenship to all children born before 2004 of Singaporean mothers. 61. The Committee urges the State party...

36. The Committee recommends that the State party to revise its nationality law with a view to preventing children from being deprived of their citizenship, and to consider granting citizenship to all children born before 2004 of Singaporean mothers.

61. The Committee urges the State party to develop a legislative framework for the protection of asylum-seeking and refugee children, particularly unaccompanied children, in line with international standards, and consider ratifying 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. The Committee also recommends the State party to take into account its general comment No. 6 (2005) on the treatment of unaccompanied and separated children outside their country of origin.

Loss/Deprivation Gender International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/SGP/CO/2-3
Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW)

Mexico

40. The Committee recommends that the State party adopt effective measures, including amendments to article 68 of the Population Act, to ensure that Civil Registry officials and other relevant authorities register all births of children of migrant workers in the State party on an entirely...

40. The Committee recommends that the State party adopt effective measures, including amendments to article 68 of the Population Act, to ensure that Civil Registry officials and other relevant authorities register all births of children of migrant workers in the State party on an entirely non-discriminatory basis, regardless of those workers’ migration status.

Birth registration
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Doc. CMW/C/MEX/CO/2
Human Rights Committee (CCPR)

Mongolia

26. While welcoming the possibility for children of stateless persons to apply for citizenship in their late teenage years, and the six-month legal deadline in which the authorities are supposed to attend any request to acquire Mongolian nationality, the Committee is concerned about...

26. While welcoming the possibility for children of stateless persons to apply for citizenship in their late teenage years, and the six-month legal deadline in which the authorities are supposed to attend any request to acquire Mongolian nationality, the Committee is concerned about allegations according to which, in practice, the process takes between 9 and 13 years. The Committee is also concerned about persons who have become stateless as a result of the legal obligation for individuals to renounce their nationality upon application for another nationality, including ethnic Kazakhs who renounced their Mongolian nationality, but subsequently failed to acquire the Kazakh nationality they applied for and became stateless (arts. 24 and 26 of the Covenant).

The State party should conduct a thorough analysis of its legal framework to identify the provisions that lead to statelessness, and implement immediate reforms to guarantee the right of all persons to receive a nationality, including for stateless children who were born on the territory of Mongolia to stateless parents. The State party should ensure respect for the six-month legal deadline for the finalization of this procedure.

Remedy/Reparation Born on territory Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CCPR/C/MNG/CO/5
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Ukraine

36. The Committee urges the State party to adopt positive incentives so as to ensure that free and compulsory birth registration is effectively made available to all children, regardless of ethnicity and social background. In this endeavour, the Committee recommends that the State party...

36. The Committee urges the State party to adopt positive incentives so as to ensure that free and compulsory birth registration is effectively made available to all children, regardless of ethnicity and social background. In this endeavour, the Committee recommends that the State party abolish any punitive fines for the failure of parents to register their children. The Committee further calls upon the State party to intensify its awareness-raising campaigns to encourage and ensure the registration of all Roma children.

38. The Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Amend legislation so as to guarantee by law and in practice the right of the child to a nationality and not to be deprived of it on any ground and regardless of the status of his/her parents;

(b) Ratify the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

 

Loss/Deprivation Birth registration International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/UKR/CO/3-4