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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Barbados

114.50 Take steps to accede to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and take all steps necessary to implement it. 

114.50 Take steps to accede to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and take all steps necessary to implement it. 

Recommending State: Mozambique

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Barbados

114.96 Repeal or amend all discriminatory provisions in legislation, including by providing equal rights in conferring nationality to an adopted child or foreign spouse. 

114.96 Repeal or amend all discriminatory provisions in legislation, including by providing equal rights in conferring nationality to an adopted child or foreign spouse. 

Recommending State: Latvia

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Adoption/Surrogacy Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Barbados

114.94 Amend the nationality laws to ensure women confer nationality on their children in all circumstances. 

114.94 Amend the nationality laws to ensure women confer nationality on their children in all circumstances. 

Recommending State: Iceland

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Luxembourg

135.254 Continue implementing actions for the effective protection of the rights of migrants, refugees, asylum-seekers and stateless persons, particularly in relation to minors. 

135.254 Continue implementing actions for the effective protection of the rights of migrants, refugees, asylum-seekers and stateless persons, particularly in relation to minors. 

Recommending State: Uruguay

Recommendation Accepted

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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/54/12
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Botswana

145.22 Adopt the necessary measures to finalize the procedure for the accession of Burundi to the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, of 1954, and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, of 1961. 

145.22 Adopt the necessary measures to finalize the procedure for the accession of Burundi to the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, of 1954, and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, of 1961. 

Recommending State: Cote d'Ivoire

Recommendation Accepted

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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/54/11
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Burundi

145.139 Repeal or amend all discriminatory provisions in legislation, including article 4 of the Nationality Code and article 122 of the Persons and Family Code. 

145.139 Repeal or amend all discriminatory provisions in legislation, including article 4 of the Nationality Code and article 122 of the Persons and Family Code. 

Recommending State: Latvia

Recommendation Noted

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Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Portugal

34. Recalling its general recommendation No. 30 (2004) on discrimination against non-citizens, the Committee recommends that the State party: (...) (c) Ensure that all applicants for international protection at the borders and in reception and detention centres are promptly received,...

34. Recalling its general recommendation No. 30 (2004) on discrimination against non-citizens, the Committee recommends that the State party: (...)

(c) Ensure that all applicants for international protection at the borders and in reception and detention centres are promptly received, registered, and referred to the asylum authorities and refugee status determination procedures, ensuring the identification of vulnerable applicants, in particular, stateless persons;

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Statelessness Doc. CERD/C/PRT/CO/18-19
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Philippines

20. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Takes steps to enact comprehensive legislation on the protection of the rights of refugees, asylum seekers, stateless persons, and persons at risk of statelessness, including provisions for fair procedures for the consideration of...

20. The Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Takes steps to enact comprehensive legislation on the protection of the rights of refugees, asylum seekers, stateless persons, and persons at risk of statelessness, including provisions for fair procedures for the consideration of applications and status determination, in accordance with international standards;

(b) Undertake further measures to collect qualitative and quantitative data on the asylum seekers, refugees, stateless persons and persons at risk of statelessness in the country in order to assess their protection needs;

(c) Strengthen local birth and civil registration mechanisms in geographically isolated and conflict-affected areas to scale-up birth and civil registration.

35. In accordance with article 9 (1) of the Convention and rule 65 of its rules of procedure, the Committee requests the State party to provide, within one year of the adoption of the present concluding observations, information on its implementation of the recommendations contained in paragraphs 12 (a) (Criminalisation of racist hate speech and hate crimes), 20 (b) and (c) (Situation of asylum seekers, refugees, stateless persons, and persons at risk of statelessness), and 22 (d) (Complaints of racial discrimination and access to justice) above.

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Identification and determination procedures Birth registration Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CERD/C/PHL/CO/21-25
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Niger

7. The Committee recommends that the State party provide statistics disaggregated by sex and age on the socio-economic situation of ethnic groups as well as foreigners, including asylum-seekers, refugees and stateless persons, and on their access to education, employment, health care and...

7. The Committee recommends that the State party provide statistics disaggregated by sex and age on the socio-economic situation of ethnic groups as well as foreigners, including asylum-seekers, refugees and stateless persons, and on their access to education, employment, health care and housing and their participation in public and political life, with a view to creating an empirical basis for assessing the equal enjoyment of the rights enshrined in the Convention. (...)

21. In the light of its general recommendation 29 (2002) on descent-based discrimination, the Committee recommends that the State party address as a matter of priority the structural and systemic causes of descent-based discrimination. The Committee also recommends that the State party take the necessary measures to ensure that persons of slave descent have access to an identity and ensure their access to education, employment and health services. The Committee recommends that the State party ensure birth registration of children of slave descent. (...)

Birth registration Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting
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Statelessness Doc. CERD/C/NER/CO/22-25
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Argentina

37. Taking into account its previous concluding observations, and in the light of its general recommendation No.30 (2004) on discrimination against non-citizens, the Committee recommends that the State party:  (...) e) Take the necessary measures, including at the provincial level, to...

37. Taking into account its previous concluding observations, and in the light of its general recommendation No.30 (2004) on discrimination against non-citizens, the Committee recommends that the State party: 

(...)

e) Take the necessary measures, including at the provincial level, to ensure access to members of the Nivaclé community to birth certificates and identity documents.

Nationality/Identity documentation Birth registration
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Doc. CERD/C/ARG/CO/24-26