ISI Database on Statelessness and
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Number of results found: 537

Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

36. The Committee recommends that the State party to revise its nationality law with a view to preventing children from being deprived of their citizenship, and to consider granting citizenship to all children born before 2004 of Singaporean mothers. 61. The Committee urges the State party...

36. The Committee recommends that the State party to revise its nationality law with a view to preventing children from being deprived of their citizenship, and to consider granting citizenship to all children born before 2004 of Singaporean mothers.

61. The Committee urges the State party to develop a legislative framework for the protection of asylum-seeking and refugee children, particularly unaccompanied children, in line with international standards, and consider ratifying the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol, the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. The Committee also recommends the State party to take into account its general comment No. 6 (2005) on the treatment of unaccompanied and separated children outside their country of origin.

Loss/Deprivation Gender International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

90.34. Amend its Nationality Law to enable women the legal right to transmit Omani citizenship to their children.

90.34. Amend its Nationality Law to enable women the legal right to transmit Omani citizenship to their children.

Recommending State: United States of America

Recommendation Accepted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

91.2. Deepen its efforts to eliminate discrimination against women and respect the rights of the child by reforming the Nationality Law to enable Omani mothers to transmit their nationality to their children, regardless of the nationality of their father.

91.2. Deepen its efforts to eliminate discrimination against women and respect the rights of the child by reforming the Nationality Law to enable Omani mothers to transmit their nationality to their children, regardless of the nationality of their father.

Recommending State: France

Recommendation Noted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

25. The Committee welcomes the adoption of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (2009), entitling a Bangladeshi woman to transmit citizenship to her children but it remains concerned that the spouse of a Bangladeshi woman can apply for citizenship after being a resident in the country for five...

25. The Committee welcomes the adoption of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (2009), entitling a Bangladeshi woman to transmit citizenship to her children but it remains concerned that the spouse of a Bangladeshi woman can apply for citizenship after being a resident in the country for five years, whereas the residential requirement for a foreign woman married to a Bangladeshi man is two years only.

26. The Committee urges the State party to amend its legislation on citizenship in order to bring it into full compliance with article 9 of the Convention.

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

82.17. Amend the law on citizenship in such a way that ensures that all Lebanese women, regardless of the nationality of their husband, can pass on their citizenship to their children and husbands.

82.17. Amend the law on citizenship in such a way that ensures that all Lebanese women, regardless of the nationality of their husband, can pass on their citizenship to their children and husbands.

Recommending State: Netherlands

Recommendation Noted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

82.18. Amend its law on nationality to enable Lebanese women to confer their nationality to their children.

82.18. Amend its law on nationality to enable Lebanese women to confer their nationality to their children.

Recommending State: Canada

Recommendation Noted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

82.18. That the proposed draft law which would allow Lebanese women to pass on their nationality to their children and foreign spouses be adopted as soon as possible.

82.18. That the proposed draft law which would allow Lebanese women to pass on their nationality to their children and foreign spouses be adopted as soon as possible.

Recommending State: Norway

Recommendation Noted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

82.18. Enact legislation to grant Lebanese nationality to the spouses and children of Lebanese women.

82.18. Enact legislation to grant Lebanese nationality to the spouses and children of Lebanese women.

Recommending State: United Kingdom

Recommendation Noted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

95.8. In line with the recommendations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, adopt a national plan to eliminate stereotypes regarding the role of women in society, and speed up the reform process to guarantee equality between men and women, including with...

95.8. In line with the recommendations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, adopt a national plan to eliminate stereotypes regarding the role of women in society, and speed up the reform process to guarantee equality between men and women, including with regard to the transfer of nationality, the custody of children, divorce and inheritance.

Recommending State: Mexico

Recommendation Noted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Human Rights Committee (CCPR)

7. (...) The State party should bring its legislation, including the Personal Status Act, into conformity with the Covenant and ensure that women are not subjected to de jure or de facto discrimination, inter alia in matters of marriage, divorce, custody of children, inheritance or the...

7. (...) The State party should bring its legislation, including the Personal Status Act, into conformity with the Covenant and ensure that women are not subjected to de jure or de facto discrimination, inter alia in matters of marriage, divorce, custody of children, inheritance or the transmittal of nationality to children. (...)

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action