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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

Tanzania

85.71. Ensure free birth registration and in this regard conduct relevant awareness-raising campaigns for the public and adopt efficient policies with a view to cover country’s remote and rural areas

85.71. Ensure free birth registration and in this regard conduct relevant awareness-raising campaigns for the public and adopt efficient policies with a view to cover country’s remote and rural areas

Recommending State: Slovakia

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration
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Doc. A/HRC/19/4
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

Haiti

88.18 Accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons as well as the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 

88.18 Accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons as well as the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 

Recommending State: Norway

Recommendation Noted

International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/19/19
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

Haiti

88.19 Ratify the international instruments combating statelessness, and consider a reform of the civil status guaranteeing the rights of all Haitians, including those who live abroad. 

88.19 Ratify the international instruments combating statelessness, and consider a reform of the civil status guaranteeing the rights of all Haitians, including those who live abroad. 

Recommending State: France

Recommendation Noted

International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/19/19
Committee against Torture (CAT)

Belarus

26. (...) The State party should guarantee better protection for asylum-seekers, refugees and other persons in need of international protection, improve the quality of the State’s Refugee Status Determination procedure, and consider ratifying the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of...

26. (...) The State party should guarantee better protection for asylum-seekers, refugees and other persons in need of international protection, improve the quality of the State’s Refugee Status Determination procedure, and consider ratifying the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 

International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. CAT/C/BLR/CO/4
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

Venezuela

95.4. Ratify the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons as well as the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 

95.4. Ratify the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons as well as the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 

Recommending State: Slovakia

Recommendation Noted

International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/19/12
Human Rights Committee (CCPR)

Iran

9.i (...) The State party should also adopt legislation giving Iranian women the right to transmit their nationality to their children.

9.i (...) The State party should also adopt legislation giving Iranian women the right to transmit their nationality to their children.

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. CCPR/C/IRN/CO/3
Human Rights Committee (CCPR)

Kuwait

12. (...) The State party should guarantee the right of every child to acquire a nationality, in compliance with article 24, paragraph 3 of the Covenant, and end discrimination between men and women in the transmission of nationality. The State party should guarantee that applicants are...

12. (...) The State party should guarantee the right of every child to acquire a nationality, in compliance with article 24, paragraph 3 of the Covenant, and end discrimination between men and women in the transmission of nationality. The State party should guarantee that applicants are officially informed of the reasons why they were denied Kuwaiti nationality, and should also implement a review procedure.

13. (...) The State party should put an end to discrimination against the Bedoun, including in the application of its nationality law, and should ensure that all persons in its territory enjoy the rights set out in the Covenant.

 

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Access to nationality/Naturalization Gender Race/Ethnicity Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CCPR/C/KWT/CO/2
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Lesotho

26. The Committee is concerned that the Citizenship Order 1971 does not provide Mosotho women with the same rights as men to acquire or transmit their nationality. In particular, the Committee is concerned that Mosotho women cannot pass their nationality to their foreign spouses, unlike...

26. The Committee is concerned that the Citizenship Order 1971 does not provide Mosotho women with the same rights as men to acquire or transmit their nationality. In particular, the Committee is concerned that Mosotho women cannot pass their nationality to their foreign spouses, unlike Mosotho men who have such right by marriage. The Committee regrets the absence of political will on the part of the State party to change the situation. The Committee is further concerned at the difficulties encountered by the population of the State party, especially in rural and remote areas, to obtain passports.

27. The Committee urges the State party to:
(a) Amend its legislation on citizenship in order to bring it into full compliance with article 9 of the Convention;
(b) Ensure access to passports by the whole population, including in rural and remote areas.

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. CEDAW/C/LSO/CO/1-4
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Kuwait

37. The Committee urges the State party: (a) To review the Nationality Act to ensure equality between women and men with regard to the acquisition, change and retention of nationality and to enable Kuwaiti women to pass their nationality to their children and to their foreign spouses; (b) To...

37. The Committee urges the State party:
(a) To review the Nationality Act to ensure equality between women and men with regard to the acquisition, change and retention of nationality and to enable Kuwaiti women to pass their nationality to their children and to their foreign spouses;
(b) To refrain from forcing Bidoun - “illegal residents” upon issuance or renewal of their identity cards to sign affidavits renouncing any claim to Kuwaiti nationality.

Remedy/Reparation Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CEDAW/C/KWT/CO/3-4
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Montenegro

35. The Committee recommends that the State party: (...) (d) Consider ratifying the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

35. The Committee recommends that the State party: (...)

(d) Consider ratifying the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

International Instruments
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Doc. CEDAW/C/MNE/CO/1