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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in a number of cases in which recognition of the Dominican nationality of Dominican adults of Haitian origin has been withdrawn because their parents were “in transit” at the time of...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in a number of cases in which recognition of the Dominican nationality of Dominican adults of Haitian origin has been withdrawn because their parents were “in transit” at the time of their birth, regardless of the duration of their stay in the country.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
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Italy

24. The Committee recommends that the State party take measures to facilitate access to citizenship for stateless Roma, Sinti and non-citizens who have lived in Italy for many years, and to pay due attention to and remove existing barriers. Bearing in mind the 1954 Convention relating to the...

24. The Committee recommends that the State party take measures to facilitate access to citizenship for stateless Roma, Sinti and non-citizens who have lived in Italy for many years, and to pay due attention to and remove existing barriers. Bearing in mind the 1954 Convention relating to the status of Stateless Persons and 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, the Committee also recommends that the State party take measures to reduce statelessness, in particular statelessness among Roma and Sinti children and children born in Italy.


 

Remedy/Reparation Born on territory Race/Ethnicity
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Statelessness Doc. CERD/C/ITA/CO/16-18
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Canada

23. Bearing in mind the indivisibility of all human rights, the Committee encourages the State party to consider ratifying those international human rights treaties which it has not yet ratified, in particular (...) the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons.  

23. Bearing in mind the indivisibility of all human rights, the Committee encourages the State party to consider ratifying those international human rights treaties which it has not yet ratified, in particular (...) the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons.
 

International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. CERD/C/CAN/CO/19-20
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Jordan

11. The Committee recommends that the State party review and amend the Jordanian Nationality Act (Law No. 7 of 1954) in order to ensure that a Jordanian mother married to a non-Jordanian man has the right to confer her nationality to her children equally and without discrimination. In doing...

11. The Committee recommends that the State party review and amend the Jordanian Nationality Act (Law No. 7 of 1954) in order to ensure that a Jordanian mother married to a non-Jordanian man has the right to confer her nationality to her children equally and without discrimination. In doing so, the Committee draws the State party’s attention to its general recommendation No. 25 (2000) on gender related dimensions of racial discrimination.

12. (...) In accordance with international law and the State party’s own legislation on nationality, the Committee urges the State party to discontinue the practice of withdrawing nationality from persons originating from the Occupied Palestinian Territory. It further calls upon the State party to restore nationality to persons that have been affected by previous and current situations of such nationality withdrawal. The Committee also recommends that the State party consider acceding to 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.


 

Remedy/Reparation Loss/Deprivation Gender International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CERD/C/JOR/CO/13-17
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Kuwait

11. (...) The Committee invites the State party to reconsider accession to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless persons and to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 17. (...) In light of its general recommendation No. 30 (2004) on discrimination against...

11. (...) The Committee invites the State party to reconsider accession to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless persons and to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

17. (...) In light of its general recommendation No. 30 (2004) on discrimination against non-citizens, the Committee recommends that the State party implement the existing Roadmap and provide a just, humane and comprehensive solution to the situation of the Bedoun, with respect for their dignity. The Joint Committee on the Granting of Kuwaiti Nationality should consider naturalizing the Bedoun, in particular persons who have lived in Kuwait for a long time, who can prove a genuine and effective link to the State, or have served or serve in the police, army and other State institutions, as well as children born in Kuwait of foreigners and stateless persons. The State party should consider providing residence permits and temporary legal status to non-citizens, including the unregistered Bedoun who do not have security cards. The Committee recommends that the State party issue civil documents to all persons in its territory and provide access to adequate social services, education, housing, property, business registration and employment to the Bedoun. It recommends that the State party ensure that the Bedoun enjoy the right to freedom of movement and are able to return to Kuwait.

18. Recalling its general recommendations No. 25 (2000) on gender-related dimensions of racial discrimination, No. 29 (2002) on descent and No. 30 (2004), the Committee recommends that the State party enact amendments to the Nationality Act that would allow Kuwaiti women married to foreigners to pass on their nationality to their children and spouses on an equal footing with Kuwaiti men.
 

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Lack of documents/Access to documentation Remedy/Reparation Nationality/Identity documentation Gender International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CERD/C/KWT/CO/15-20
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Grenada

38. The Committee recommends that the State party consider acceding to 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, and develop national...

38. The Committee recommends that the State party consider acceding to 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, and develop national refugee legislation and a national asylum procedure.

International Instruments
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Doc. CEDAW/C/GRD/CO/1-5