ISI Database on Statelessness and
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Number of results found: 537

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

120.5. Consider withdrawing their reservations to articles 9 para. 2, and 16 para. 1(c), (d) and (g) of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.

120.5. Consider withdrawing their reservations to articles 9 para. 2, and 16 para. 1(c), (d) and (g) of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.

Recommending State: Slovakia

Recommendation Noted

Gender International Instruments

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

120.11. Withdraw its reservations to article 9 paragraph 2 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.

120.11. Withdraw its reservations to article 9 paragraph 2 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.

Recommending State: Maldives

Recommendation Noted

Gender International Instruments

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

120.25. Consider the introduction of possible amendments to its national legislation on citizenship and nationality, so that, with respect to such issues, men and women are treated on an equal basis before the law.

120.25. Consider the introduction of possible amendments to its national legislation on citizenship and nationality, so that, with respect to such issues, men and women are treated on an equal basis before the law.

Recommending State: Cyprus

Recommendation Noted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

120.6. Lift reservations to articles 9 and 16 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women relating to nationality and to discrimination in family relations.

120.6. Lift reservations to articles 9 and 16 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women relating to nationality and to discrimination in family relations.

Recommending State: Norway

Recommendation Noted

Gender International Instruments

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

120.12. Consider the possibility to withdraw the reservation to article 9 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women with the aim of providing Jordanian women with the right to pass on the nationality to their children.

120.12. Consider the possibility to withdraw the reservation to article 9 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women with the aim of providing Jordanian women with the right to pass on the nationality to their children.

Recommending State: Ecuador

Recommendation Noted

Gender International Instruments

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

120.26. Amend the Citizenship and Nationality Law to enable Jordanian women to pass on their nationality to their children and spouses on an equal basis with Jordanian men.

120.26. Amend the Citizenship and Nationality Law to enable Jordanian women to pass on their nationality to their children and spouses on an equal basis with Jordanian men.

Recommending State: Norway

Recommendation Noted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

120.10. Lift the reservation to Article 9(2) of the CEDAW Convention.

120.10. Lift the reservation to Article 9(2) of the CEDAW Convention.

Recommending State: Brazil

Recommendation Noted

Gender International Instruments

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

120.24. Amend the law so that it allows women married to foreigners to pass on their Jordanian nationality to their children and thus allow these children access to basic education and health services.

120.24. Amend the law so that it allows women married to foreigners to pass on their Jordanian nationality to their children and thus allow these children access to basic education and health services.

Recommending State: Netherlands

Recommendation Noted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Human Rights Committee (CCPR)

9. (...) The State party should review its Nationality Code to allow Mauritanian women to transmit their nationality on an equal footing with men and the 2001 Personal Status Code to remove the provisions that discriminate against women. 24. (...) Lastly, the Committee is concerned that not...

9. (...) The State party should review its Nationality Code to allow Mauritanian women to transmit their nationality on an equal footing with men and the 2001 Personal Status Code to remove the provisions that discriminate against women.

24. (...) Lastly, the Committee is concerned that not all the repatriated Mauritanian refugees have obtained identity and citizenship documents yet; this is likely to create obstacles to their enjoyment of some rights and to promote the risk of statelessness. (...)

The State party should remove the legal obstacles to the registration of births of children of refugees and asylum seekers born in Mauritania. Finally, it should make it easier for refugees repatriated under the tripartite agreement between the State party, Senegal and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to obtain identity documents, and consider signing a similar agreement to cover Mauritanian refugees in Mali following the events of 1989–1990. (...)

(Forced) migration context Nationality/Identity documentation Birth registration Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

23. The Committee urges the State party to pursue its efforts to adopt legislation establishing the same right for men and women to pass on Monegasque nationality to their children, regardless of the manner in which nationality was acquired.

23. The Committee urges the State party to pursue its efforts to adopt legislation establishing the same right for men and women to pass on Monegasque nationality to their children, regardless of the manner in which nationality was acquired.

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action