22. Recalling target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Committee reiterates its previous recommendations9 and further urges the State party:
(a) To ensure the right of all children, including asylum-seeking, refugee and migrant children, children of Palestinian origin, children of unmarried parents and children of non-Jordanian fathers, to be registered at birth and to have access to identification cards, without exception; and to waive residency or overstay fines for children without regular residence status;
(b) To amend the Nationality Law to remove legal barriers and strengthen legal pathways for all children, including children born to unmarried parents, non-Jordanian fathers and Jordanian women of Palestinian origin, to acquire a nationality; and to facilitate the acquisition of nationality for children who would otherwise be stateless;
(c) To prevent the withdrawal of nationality of Palestinian refugees and their children residing in the State party;
(d) To consider ratifying the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.
Loss/Deprivation
Nationality/Identity documentation
Birth registration
Gender
Discrimination - Other
International Instruments
Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action