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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Kuwait

157.113. Amend legislation that discriminates against women, such as the Nationality Law, to ensure equality between men and women and non-discrimination in enjoyment of the human rights of girls and women. 

157.113. Amend legislation that discriminates against women, such as the Nationality Law, to ensure equality between men and women and non-discrimination in enjoyment of the human rights of girls and women. 

Recommending State: Canada

Recommendation Noted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. A/HRC/29/17
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Kuwait

157.116. Remove all gender-discriminatory provisions from the Nationality Law of 1959 and adopt comprehensive plans of action to achieve gender equality and to fight violence against women. 

157.116. Remove all gender-discriminatory provisions from the Nationality Law of 1959 and adopt comprehensive plans of action to achieve gender equality and to fight violence against women. 

Recommending State: Czechia

Recommendation Noted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. A/HRC/29/17
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Kuwait

157.119. Review the Nationality Act to ensure equality between women and men with regard to the acquisition, change and retention of nationality. 

157.119. Review the Nationality Act to ensure equality between women and men with regard to the acquisition, change and retention of nationality. 

Recommending State: Poland

Recommendation Noted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. A/HRC/29/17
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Kuwait

157.114. Modify the law relating to the nationality in a way to recognize the right of Kuwaiti women to transmit their nationality to their spouses and children. 

157.114. Modify the law relating to the nationality in a way to recognize the right of Kuwaiti women to transmit their nationality to their spouses and children. 

Recommending State: Togo

Recommendation Noted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. A/HRC/29/17
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Maldives

31. The Committee recommends that the State party revise its nationality laws in order to remove discrimination against foreign women who have children with Maldivian men out of wedlock with regard to the transmission of nationality.

31. The Committee recommends that the State party revise its nationality laws in order to remove discrimination against foreign women who have children with Maldivian men out of wedlock with regard to the transmission of nationality.

Gender Discrimination - Other Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. CEDAW/C/MDV/CO/4-5
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Iraq

32. The Committee calls upon the State party to amend article 4 of Act No. 26 (2006) with a view to ensuring that children can obtain their mother’s nationality without any restrictions and to: (a) Take prompt measures to renew the current civil records system, based on a current census...

32. The Committee calls upon the State party to amend article 4 of Act No. 26 (2006) with a view to ensuring that children can obtain their mother’s nationality without any restrictions and to:

(a) Take prompt measures to renew the current civil records system, based on a current census which includes all persons living in the State party, and provide all excluded persons, in particular members of the Dom community, with provisional nationality certificates;
(b) Ensure that children from non-registered marriages are issued identification, and make legal amendments for the registration of every voluntary marriage, regardless of the faith of the couple;
(c) Accelerate the reinstatement process for the Faili Kurd population, and provide Faili Kurd children with identification;
(e) Ratify the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Lack of documents/Access to documentation Remedy/Reparation Loss/Deprivation Nationality/Identity documentation Gender Race/Ethnicity International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/IRQ/CO/2-4
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Madagascar

108.63 Reform its nationality law to ensure that all citizens have equal right to confer nationality to their children and the children born to citizen mothers are no longer at risk of statelessness. 

108.63 Reform its nationality law to ensure that all citizens have equal right to confer nationality to their children and the children born to citizen mothers are no longer at risk of statelessness. 

Recommending State: United States of America

Recommendation Accepted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/28/13
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Iran

138.112 Continue working so that Iranian women have the right to transmit their nationality to their children. 

138.112 Continue working so that Iranian women have the right to transmit their nationality to their children. 

Recommending State: Guatemala

Recommendation Noted

Gender
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Doc. A/HRC/28/12
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)

Nepal

12. The Committee is concerned at the persistent inequality between men and women with regard to the rights of inheritance, land ownership and assets. The Committee is also concerned that, notwithstanding citizenship provisions in the interim constitution, the transmission of nationality by...

12. The Committee is concerned at the persistent inequality between men and women with regard to the rights of inheritance, land ownership and assets. The Committee is also concerned that, notwithstanding citizenship provisions in the interim constitution, the transmission of nationality by a Nepalese woman to her child is not always granted.

(...) The Committee also recommends that the State party promote awareness-raising measures in order to ensure that the local administration authorities involved in granting the transmission of nationality are fully informed about the legal provisions in place and effectively implement them.

Gender Awareness raising/Capacity building/Training
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Doc. E/C.12/NPL/CO/3
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Brunei Darussalam

29. The Committee encourages the State party: (a) To withdraw its reservation to article 9 (2) of the Convention; (b) To amend its Nationality Act with a view to bringing it into full compliance with the Convention and enabling Bruneian women to transmit their nationality to their children...

29. The Committee encourages the State party:
(a) To withdraw its reservation to article 9 (2) of the Convention;
(b) To amend its Nationality Act with a view to bringing it into full compliance with the Convention and enabling Bruneian women to transmit their nationality to their children and foreign spouses on a basis of equality with Bruneian men.

Gender International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. CEDAW/C/BRN/CO/1-2