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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Algeria

129.2 Ratify the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 

129.2 Ratify the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 

Recommending State: Slovakia

Recommendation Accepted

International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/21/13
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

Peru

6. (...) The Committee is further concerned that the State party’s legislative framework for disability is not yet in full conformity with the Convention, inter alia: (...) (c) Existence of discriminatory requirements to acquire Peruvian nationality that prohibits persons with intellectual...

6. (...) The Committee is further concerned that the State party’s legislative framework for disability is not yet in full conformity with the Convention, inter alia: (...)

(c) Existence of discriminatory requirements to acquire Peruvian nationality that prohibits persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities to do so.

7. The Committee recommends that State party bring forward a far reaching strategy to implement all the rights enshrined in the Convention and speed up the review of its legislative framework to bring it in full conformity with all provisions of the Convention, including its core principles, and in particular: (...)

(c) Amend the Act for Foreigners in order to eliminate the requirements that discriminate against persons with intellectual or psychosocial disabilities.

23. The Committee urges the State party to promptly initiate programmes in order to provide identity documents to persons with disabilities, including in rural areas and in long-term institutional settings, and to collect complete and accurate data on people with disabilities in institutions who are currently undocumented and/or do not enjoy their right to a name.

Nationality/Identity documentation Disability Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. CRPD/C/PER/CO/1
Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW)

Tajikistan

28. The Committee recommends that the State party take the necessary measures, including legislative amendments, to ensure the right of foreign and stateless migrant workers and members of their families to marry Tajik nationals and to acquire real estate property.

28. The Committee recommends that the State party take the necessary measures, including legislative amendments, to ensure the right of foreign and stateless migrant workers and members of their families to marry Tajik nationals and to acquire real estate property.

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CMW/C/TJK/CO/1

Thailand

66. In addition, the Special Rapporteur observed that a significant number of ethnic minorities and children of irregular migrants do not have Thai citizenship or identification documents, which increases their vulnerability to trafficking. The lack of citizenship significantly restricts...

66. In addition, the Special Rapporteur observed that a significant number of ethnic minorities and children of irregular migrants do not have Thai citizenship or identification documents, which increases their vulnerability to trafficking. The lack of citizenship significantly restricts their enjoyment of the rights to education, employment opportunities, health services and freedom of movement, which encourages them to resort to unsafe migration in search of a better life, at the risk of being trafficked. The Government has made progressive efforts to address this situation and amended the Nationality Law to grant Thai nationality to certain categories of ethnic minorities. Furthermore, the Civil Registration Act was amended in 2008 in such a way that all children born in Thailand, whether born to Thai citizens or foreigners, receive birth registration, and anyone residing in Thailand may request an identification number regardless of their citizenship or migration status. While these legislative amendments are positive developments, the implementation of the laws needs to be strengthened.  

Protection/Enjoyment of rights (Forced) migration context Nationality/Identity documentation Birth registration Race/Ethnicity Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. A/HRC/20/18/Add.2

Hungary

72.  Regarding  statelessness,  the  Special  Rapporteur  urges  the  Government  to review the provisions of Act II of 2007, especially those provisions establishing legal stay in Hungary as a pre-condition for applying for stateless status, and ensure its full compliance  with  its ...

72.  Regarding  statelessness,  the  Special  Rapporteur  urges  the  Government  to review the provisions of Act II of 2007, especially those provisions establishing legal stay in Hungary as a pre-condition for applying for stateless status, and ensure its full compliance  with  its  international  human  rights  obligations  including  the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, which has been ratified by the Government.  

ISI Summary Link
Identification and determination procedures Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/20/33/Add.1
Human Rights Committee (CCPR)

Dominican Republic

22. The Committee is concerned at reports that the 2004 General Migration Act has been applied retroactively in a number of cases in which recognition of the Dominican nationality of Dominican adults of Haitian origin has been withdrawn because their parents were “in transit” at the time of...

22. The Committee is concerned at reports that the 2004 General Migration Act has been applied retroactively in a number of cases in which recognition of the Dominican nationality of Dominican adults of Haitian origin has been withdrawn because their parents were “in transit” at the time of their birth, regardless of the duration of their stay in the country. (...) 

The State party should abstain from applying the 2004 General Migration Act retroactively and maintain Dominican nationality for persons who acquired it at birth. Furthermore the State party should consider the possibility of acceding to the Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, and adopt the necessary legislative and administrative measures to bring its laws and procedures in line with those norms.

23. (...) The State party should ensure that all children born within its territory are registered and receive an official birth certificate.

Loss/Deprivation Birth registration Race/Ethnicity International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CCPR/C/DOM/CO/5
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Viet Nam

18. (...) Furthermore, the Committee encourages the State party to consider acceding to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, and the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol.   ...

18. (...) Furthermore, the Committee encourages the State party to consider acceding to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, and the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol.
 

International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. CERD/C/VNM/CO/10-14
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Qatar

16. Recalling its general recommendation No. 30 (2005) on discrimination against non-citizens and especially its paragraph 16 on reducing statelessness and in particular among children, the Committee recommends that the State party revise its nationality laws to allow Qatari women to...

16. Recalling its general recommendation No. 30 (2005) on discrimination against non-citizens and especially its paragraph 16 on reducing statelessness and in particular among children, the Committee recommends that the State party revise its nationality laws to allow Qatari women to transmit their citizenship to their children without discrimination.

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CERD/C/QAT/CO/13-16
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Turkmenistan

17. (...) The Committee recommends that the State party take urgent measures to address statelessness and provide statistics on the acquisition of Turkmen citizenship and information on the outcomes of the registrations of persons living in the country who lack valid identity/citizenship...

17. (...) The Committee recommends that the State party take urgent measures to address statelessness and provide statistics on the acquisition of Turkmen citizenship and information on the outcomes of the registrations of persons living in the country who lack valid identity/citizenship documents and who are stateless or at risk of statelessness in its next report. The Committee further encourages the State party to consider acceding to the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

18. The Committee notes the State party’s information that it does not accept dual citizenship and that the agreement with the Russian Federation regarding dual citizenship has been terminated. The Committee is concerned that non-recognition of dual citizenship may lead to statelessness, with all its adverse consequences (arts. 2 and 5).

The Committee recommends that the State party take measures to ensure that the solution of the issues related to citizenship does not increase the number of stateless persons who would thereby be deprived of human rights and freedoms in practice.
 

International Instruments Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting
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Statelessness Doc. CERD/C/TKM/CO/6-7

Albania

66. The Special Rapporteur reiterates that as a State party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Albania is under an obligation to ensure to “everyone” all fundamental civil, political, economic,...

66. The Special Rapporteur reiterates that as a State party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Albania is under an obligation to ensure to “everyone” all fundamental civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. In this regard, the Special Rapporteur notes that the current national legal framework does not fully comply with the country’s international human rights obligations. (...) A review of the law [the Law on Foreigners] should also (...) include an explicit provision on the right to a nationality of children born to foreigners in Albania. 

72. The Government should: 

(c) Take urgent necessary consulate measures necessary to guarantee to each child born to Albanian parents abroad the right to free and compulsory registration, a name and nationality. The Government should contemplate a study on the difficulties encountered by  Albanian migrants abroad to register their children and implement the cooperation agreement between the Government and the Tirana Legal Aid Society on increased birth registration;

Born on territory Born abroad Birth registration Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. A/HRC/20/24/Add.1