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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

New Zealand

132.21 Accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons.

132.21 Accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons.

Recommending State: Niger

Recommendation Noted

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

New Zealand

132.21 Accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons.

132.21 Accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons.

Recommending State: Niger

Recommendation Noted

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

New Zealand

132.19 Ratify the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190) of the International Labour Organization.

132.19 Ratify the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190) of the International Labour Organization.

Recommending State: Panama

Recommendation Noted

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Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Mali

22. The Committee strongly urges the State party: (a) To ensure the registration and issuance of birth certificates for all children born in its territory, immediately after birth; (b) To adopt without delay the national strategy for modernizing the civil registry and accelerate the...

22. The Committee strongly urges the State party:

(a) To ensure the registration and issuance of birth certificates for all children born in its territory, immediately after birth;

(b) To adopt without delay the national strategy for modernizing the civil registry and accelerate the introduction of a digital civil registry system to facilitate birth registration procedures;

(c) To develop special strategies and implement urgent measures to ensure birth registration for children born during displacement, in camps of internally displaced persons or in refugee camps and set up a catch-up system to register all children who have not yet been registered;

(d) To conduct awareness-raising programmes to inform the population about birth registration procedures and the associated rights to a nationality and access to education and health services.

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Afganistan

109.10 Adhere to international human rights treaties that have not yet been ratified, particularly those referring to the fight against trafficking in persons, cases of statelessness, migrant workers and their families and protection against forced disappearances and against discrimination...

109.10 Adhere to international human rights treaties that have not yet been ratified, particularly those referring to the fight against trafficking in persons, cases of statelessness, migrant workers and their families and protection against forced disappearances and against discrimination against women.

Recommending State: Paraguay

Recommendation Noted

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Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Estonia

28. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness; (b) Establish a statelessness determination procedure, in line with articles 2 and 9 of the Convention...

28. The Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness;

(b) Establish a 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 naturalization;

 

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Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Malaysia

35. Recalling its previous recommendation (CEDAW/C/MYS/CO/3-5, para. 34) and its general recommendation No. 32 on the gender-related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality and statelessness of women, the Committee urges the State party to: (a) Amend the Federal Constitution to...

35. Recalling its previous recommendation (CEDAW/C/MYS/CO/3-5, para. 34) and its general recommendation No. 32 on the gender-related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality and statelessness of women, the Committee urges the State party to:

(a) Amend the Federal Constitution to remove discriminatory provisions and enable Malaysian women to transmit their nationality to their foreign spouses and their children on an equal basis with men and make the amendments retroactive;

(b) Withdraw the constitutional amendments that would deny automatic conferral of citizenship to children of stateless permanent residents, extend the period during which foreign wives can be deprived of their citizenship and reduce the time available to apply for citizenship for children in “special circumstances”;

(c) Fulfil its pledge to resolve the pending 14,000 applications for Malaysian citizenship by children in “special circumstances” by the end of 2024, and favourably consider these applications with a view to protecting the applicants from statelessness and rights deprivation;

(d) Accede to 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. CEDAW/C/MYS/CO/6
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Singapore

40. 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: (b) Review its legal provisions on citizenship to facilitate the exercise of the...

40. 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:

(b) Review its legal provisions on citizenship to facilitate the exercise of the right of every child to a nationality; introduce legal safeguards to ensure that every child born in the State party who would otherwise be stateless acquires Singaporean citizenship; modify the residence requirements for parents who are citizens by descent, so that they can always transmit their citizenship to their children if the children would otherwise be stateless; and prohibit the withdrawal of citizenship of a child on account of the parent’s renunciation or deprivation of citizenship, if the child would otherwise become stateless;

(c) Accede to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the Protocol thereto, the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

60. Recalling its general recommendation No. 21 (1994) on equality in marriage and family relations and its general recommendation No. 29 (2013) on the economic consequences of marriage, family relations and their dissolution, the Committee recommends that the State party:

(e) Recognize the equal right of all women, including those in same-sex relationships and non-married women, to parenthood through assisted reproductive technology, and ensure that all children enjoy equal rights to citizenship regardless of their family circumstances.

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Statelessness Doc. CEDAW/C/SGP/CO/6
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Republic of Korea

35. 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) Ensure that women and men have equal rights to transmit their nationality to their...

35. 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) Ensure that women and men have equal rights to transmit their nationality to their foreign spouses and simplify and expedite the naturalization process to reduce periods of legal uncertainty for foreign women married to nationals of the Republic of Korea;

(b) Facilitate affordable access to birth registration and identity documents for migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and girls, including through online procedures;

(c) Accede to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

41. In accordance with its general recommendation No. 24 (1999) on women and health and targets 3.1 and 3.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals, on reducing global maternal mortality and on ensuring universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, the Committee recommends that the State party:

(c) Undertake a comprehensive review of the 2023 Confidential Birth Bill to address the underlying causes of unregistered births more effectively, with a focus on expanding access to safe abortion services and comprehensive sexuality education, enhancing support services for pregnant women and girls, and implementing targeted measures to reduce the societal stigma associated with single motherhood;

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Statelessness Doc. CEDAW/C/KOR/CO/9
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Rwanda

46. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Ensure access to civil registration documents, including birth certificates, for refugee, asylum-seeking and migrant women and girls;

46. The Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Ensure access to civil registration documents, including birth certificates, for refugee, asylum-seeking and migrant women and girls;

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Doc. CEDAW/C/RWA/CO/10