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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Qatar

124.38 Amend the legislation to eliminate discrimination against women with respect to the transmission of nationality to their children and the registration of civil acts. 

124.38 Amend the legislation to eliminate discrimination against women with respect to the transmission of nationality to their children and the registration of civil acts. 

Recommending State: Mexico

Recommendation Noted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. A/HRC/27/15
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Qatar

124.36 Consider granting Qatari nationality to the children of Qatari women married to foreign nationals. 

124.36 Consider granting Qatari nationality to the children of Qatari women married to foreign nationals. 

Recommending State: Greece

Recommendation Noted

Access to nationality/Naturalization Gender
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Doc. A/HRC/27/15
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Qatar

124.37 Achieve real progress with regard to women’s rights by reforming the Nationality Act, to ensure gender equality and to give Qatari women the right to transmit their nationality to their children, and by withdrawing reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of...

124.37 Achieve real progress with regard to women’s rights by reforming the Nationality Act, to ensure gender equality and to give Qatari women the right to transmit their nationality to their children, and by withdrawing reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Optional Protocol thereto. 

Recommending State: France

Recommendation Noted

Gender International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. A/HRC/27/15
Human Rights Committee (CCPR)

Sierra Leone

10. (...) The Committee is also concerned at the discriminatory statutory provisions against women regarding the acquisition and transmission of nationality with respect to children who are born outside of the State party. (...) The State party should take immediate measures to ensure equal...

10. (...) The Committee is also concerned at the discriminatory statutory provisions against women regarding the acquisition and transmission of nationality with respect to children who are born outside of the State party.

(...) The State party should take immediate measures to ensure equal rights for women and men to acquire and transfer nationality.

Born abroad Gender
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Doc. CCPR/C/SLE/CO/1
Human Rights Committee (CCPR)

Nepal

20. (...) It also regrets that the current legislation does not provide for the granting of nationality to children born in the territory who would otherwise be stateless. The State party should amend the Birth, Death and Other Personal Incidents Registration Act to ensure the birth...

20. (...) It also regrets that the current legislation does not provide for the granting of nationality to children born in the territory who would otherwise be stateless.

The State party should amend the Birth, Death and Other Personal Incidents Registration Act to ensure the birth registration of all children born on its territory, and establish an efficient birth registration system that is free of charge at all stages. It should also continue to strengthen efforts to remove barriers, particularly for women and those living in rural areas, to access citizenship certificates and birth registrations. The State party should ensure that citizenship provisions of the new Constitution guarantee the equal right of women to acquire, transfer and retain citizenship.

Nationality/Identity documentation Birth registration Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. CCPR/C/NPL/CO/2
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Sierra Leone

27. The Committee urges the State party to ensure the equal rights of women and men to acquire, transfer, change or retain their nationality, and to transmit it to their children born abroad. The Committee urges the State party to amend the Citizenship Act in order to bring it into full...

27. The Committee urges the State party to ensure the equal rights of women and men to acquire, transfer, change or retain their nationality, and to transmit it to their children born abroad. The Committee urges the State party to amend the Citizenship Act in order to bring it into full compliance with article 9 of the Convention. It further recommends that the State party consider acceding to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Born abroad Gender International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. CEDAW/C/SLE/CO/6
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Bahrain

33. Nevertheless, the Committee is concerned that women still do not enjoy equal rights to nationality, given that men automatically confer their nationality to their children, while Bahraini women do not. The Committee notes the slow pace of adoption of the draft amendments to the...

33. Nevertheless, the Committee is concerned that women still do not enjoy equal rights to nationality, given that men automatically confer their nationality to their children, while Bahraini women do not. The Committee notes the slow pace of adoption of the draft amendments to the Nationality Law and is especially concerned that such amendments will not automatically grant children of Bahraini women married to foreigners the nationality of their mothers, but will only codify the present system according to which, women, upon request and royal decision, can transfer their nationality to their children. In addition, the Committee is concerned about the situation of stateless persons, including the possibility of children of Bahraini women married to foreigners becoming stateless.

34. Recalling its previous recommendation (CEDAW/C/BHR/CO/2, para. 31) and in light of the State party’s commitment during its most recent universal periodic review, the Committee urges the State party to expedite the amendments to the Nationality Law to bring it into full compliance with article 9 of the Convention, and to withdraw its reservation to article 9 (2). Furthermore, it recommends that the State party consider acceding to international instruments to address the situation of stateless persons, including the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Gender International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CEDAW/C/BHR/CO/3
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Iraq

37. The Committee recommends that the State party amend the discriminatory provisions of Act No. 26 (2006), namely articles 4, 7 and 11, in order to ensure that women and men enjoy equal rights to acquire, transfer, retain and change their nationality, in line with article 9 of the...

37. The Committee recommends that the State party amend the discriminatory provisions of Act No. 26 (2006), namely articles 4, 7 and 11, in
order to ensure that women and men enjoy equal rights to acquire, transfer, retain and change their nationality, in line with article 9 of the Convention.

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. CEDAW/C/IRQ/CO/4-6
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Qatar

32. The Committee urges the State party to amend the Nationality Law to bring it into full compliance with article 9 (1 and 2) of the Convention and to enable Qatari women to pass their nationality to their children and their foreign spouse on the same basis as Qatari men. It also calls up...

32. The Committee urges the State party to amend the Nationality Law to bring it into full compliance with article 9 (1 and 2) of the Convention and to enable Qatari women to pass their nationality to their children and their foreign spouse on the same basis as Qatari men. It also calls up on the State party to withdraw its reservation to article 9 (2). The Committee further recommends that the State party consider acceding to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and t he 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Gender International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CEDAW/C/QAT/CO/1
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Cameroon

25. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Revise the Nationality Code in order to ensure that women and men have equal rights to nationality, in particular with regard to the acquisition, transmission and retention of nationality; (b) Ensure that women and girls in rural and...

25. The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a) Revise the Nationality Code in order to ensure that women and men have equal rights to nationality, in particular with regard to the acquisition, transmission and retention of nationality;
(b) Ensure that women and girls in rural and remote areas, including in the Bakassi zone, are aware of the procedures and requirements for birth registration and that they do not face financial and other barriers in obtaining registration and that they do not face financial and other barriers in obtaining birth registration

Birth registration Gender
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Doc. CEDAW/C/CMR/CO/4-5