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Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Liberia

30. The Committee notes with concern that certain provisions of the 1973 Revised Alien and Nationality Law discriminate against Liberian women. In particular, it is concerned that under this law, a child born abroad to a Liberian mother and a non-Liberian father is not automatically granted...

30. The Committee notes with concern that certain provisions of the 1973 Revised Alien and Nationality Law discriminate against Liberian women. In particular, it is concerned that under this law, a child born abroad to a Liberian mother and a non-Liberian father is not automatically granted its mother’s nationality.

31. The Committee urges the State party to remove all discriminatory laws relating to nationality, in accordance with article 9 of the Convention during the ongoing legal reform process.

Born abroad Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. CEDAW/C/LBR/CO/6
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

Monaco

9. Ensure that relevant rules are applied equally irrespective of sex and adopt legislation to allow the transmission of nationality by naturalized Monegasque women to their children. 

9. Ensure that relevant rules are applied equally irrespective of sex and adopt legislation to allow the transmission of nationality by naturalized Monegasque women to their children. 

Recommending State: Azerbaijan

Recommendation Accepted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. A/HRC/12/3
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

Monaco

8. Make the conditions for acquiring and transferring nationality the same for men and women. 

8. Make the conditions for acquiring and transferring nationality the same for men and women. 

Recommending State: Republic of the Congo

Recommendation Accepted

Gender
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Doc. A/HRC/12/3
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

Bangladesh

15. Amend, if necessary, the relevant discriminatory legal provision concerning the transfer of citizenship to children of women in mixed marriages. 

15. Amend, if necessary, the relevant discriminatory legal provision concerning the transfer of citizenship to children of women in mixed marriages. 

Recommending State: Czechia

Recommendation Accepted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. A/HRC/11/18
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Libya

17. While welcoming the pledge by the State party’s delegation that Law No. 18 of 1980 on the provisions of the nationality law will be amended in order to comply with article 9 of the Convention, the Committee remains concerned that Libyan women married to non-Libyan nationals are not...

17. While welcoming the pledge by the State party’s delegation that Law No. 18 of 1980 on the provisions of the nationality law will be amended in order to comply with article 9 of the Convention, the Committee remains concerned that Libyan women married to non-Libyan nationals are not granted equal rights with men with respect to the nationality of their children. (...)

18. The Committee encourages the State party to accelerate the process of amendment of Law No. 18 of 1980 to make it consistent with article 9 of the Convention. (...)

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. CEDAW/C/LBY/CO/5
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

United Arab Emirates

4. To consider the possibility of introducing amendments to national laws on citizenship, so that female citizens married to non-citizens can pass on their nationality to their children in the same way that male citizens married to non-citizens do.

4. To consider the possibility of introducing amendments to national laws on citizenship, so that female citizens married to non-citizens can pass on their nationality to their children in the same way that male citizens married to non-citizens do.

Recommending State: Germany

Recommendation Noted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. A/HRC/10/75
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Bahrain

30. While welcoming the royal decree, issued in September 2006 by the King granting citizenship to at least 372 children of Bahraini mothers and non-citizen fathers, the Committee remains concerned that to date, the draft Nationality Law concerning the elimination of nationality-related...

30. While welcoming the royal decree, issued in September 2006 by the King granting citizenship to at least 372 children of Bahraini mothers and non-citizen fathers, the Committee remains concerned that to date, the draft Nationality Law concerning the elimination of nationality-related cases of discrimination against women allowing the transfer of Bahraini citizenship to the children of Bahraini women and non-citizen fathers on the same basis as children of Bahraini fathers and non-citizen women has not yet been passed.

31. The Committee urges the State party to take all necessary steps to expedite the adoption of the draft Nationality Law in order to comply with article 9 of the Convention, and to withdraw its reservation to article 9, paragraph 2.

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. CEDAW/C/BHR/CO/2
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Myanmar

31. The Committee calls upon the State party to review the 1982 citizenship law and repeal or amend it, as appropriate, in order to bring it fully into compliance with article 9 of the Convention. It also calls on the State party to provide more information on Myanmar citizenship rights,...

31. The Committee calls upon the State party to review the 1982 citizenship law and repeal or amend it, as appropriate, in order to bring it fully into compliance with article 9 of the Convention. It also calls on the State party to provide more information on Myanmar citizenship rights, including on birth certificates of children born in Myanmar, in particular children of ethnic groups, in its next periodic report.

33. The Committee urges the State party to grant citizenship to residents, in particular, on the basis of their long-standing ties to Myanmar, to the Muslims of northern Rakhine State and to allow them, in particular the women, the full enjoyment of their human rights. The State party is encouraged to continue to collaborate with the international community, especially the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), in those efforts.

Remedy/Reparation Birth registration Gender Religion Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action Implementing measures - Other
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Statelessness Doc. CEDAW/C/MMR/CO/3
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Madagascar

24. While noting that the State party has adopted Law No. 2008-017, which authorizes the ratification of the Convention on the Nationality of Married Women and is aimed at rectifying the inequality of rights between women and men with respect to nationality, the Committee notes with concern...

24. While noting that the State party has adopted Law No. 2008-017, which authorizes the ratification of the Convention on the Nationality of Married Women and is aimed at rectifying the inequality of rights between women and men with respect to nationality, the Committee notes with concern that the Nationality Code does not comply with article 9 of the Convention in that it does not allow a Malagasy woman married to a foreigner to transmit her nationality to her husband or children on the same basis as a Malagasy man married to a foreigner.

25.The Committee urges the State party to amend the Nationality Code so as to bring it in line with article 9 of the Convention.

 

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. CEDAW/C/MDG/CO/5
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

Ghana

18. To effectively implement measures to harmonize norms of citizenship for foreign spouses to bring these norms in line with the CEDAW in the shortest time possible. 

18. To effectively implement measures to harmonize norms of citizenship for foreign spouses to bring these norms in line with the CEDAW in the shortest time possible. 

Recommending State: Slovenia

Recommendation Accepted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. A/HRC/8/36