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Number of results found: 2459

Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Seychelles

71. The Committee urges the State party to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. The Committee also recommends that the State party ratify the core United Nations human rights instruments...

71. The Committee urges the State party to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. The Committee also recommends that the State party ratify the core United Nations human rights instruments to which it is not yet a party, namely the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance and the 1961 Convention on Reduction of Statelessness.

International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/SYC/CO/2-4
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

Timor Leste

77.41. In light of what is provided in article 7 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and with the support of the international community, improve the system of birth registration including by intensifying efforts to sensitize and mobilize public opinion regarding the advantages of...

77.41. In light of what is provided in article 7 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and with the support of the international community, improve the system of birth registration including by intensifying efforts to sensitize and mobilize public opinion regarding the advantages of birth registration in the process of establishing children’s identity and the enjoyment of their rights. 

Recommending State: Uruguay

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration
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Doc. A/HRC/19/17
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

Timor Leste

77.40. Increase its efforts to promote civil registration of the Timorese population, particularly of children. 

77.40. Increase its efforts to promote civil registration of the Timorese population, particularly of children. 

Recommending State: Brazil

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration
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Doc. A/HRC/19/17
Committee against Torture (CAT)

Djibouti

16. (...) The Committee recommends that the State party consider acceding to the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and to the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

16. (...) The Committee recommends that the State party consider acceding to the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and to the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

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

Uganda

112.12. Ratify the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 

112.12. Ratify the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 

Recommending State: Slovakia

Recommendation Noted

International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/19/16
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

Uganda

111.72. Strengthen and further develop measures to ensure that all children born within the national territory are registered.

111.72. Strengthen and further develop measures to ensure that all children born within the national territory are registered.

Recommending State: Ghana

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration
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Doc. A/HRC/19/16
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Panama

40. The Committee recommends that the State party continue to implement special measures, including the provision of information in indigenous languages, greater access to registry services and more sensitization and training on nationality law for registry officials, with the view to...

40. The Committee recommends that the State party continue to implement special measures, including the provision of information in indigenous languages, greater access to registry services and more sensitization and training on nationality law for registry officials, with the view to ensuring that children born in remote areas, including indigenous children, refugee children and children of migrants parents are duly registered at birth.

Birth registration
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Doc. CRC/C/PAN/CO/3-4
Committee against Torture (CAT)

Morocco

25. (...) The State party should consider becoming a party to the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons of 1954 and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness of 1961.

25. (...) The State party should consider becoming a party to the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons of 1954 and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness of 1961.

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

Zimbabwe

94.9. Ratify the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 

94.9. Ratify the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 

Recommending State: Slovakia

Recommendation Accepted

International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/19/14
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

Zimbabwe

94.30. Amend expeditiously the Births and Deaths Registration Act to ensure that all children born in Zimbabwe, regardless of their parents’ origin, are issued with birth certificates. 

94.30. Amend expeditiously the Births and Deaths Registration Act to ensure that all children born in Zimbabwe, regardless of their parents’ origin, are issued with birth certificates. 

Recommending State: Slovakia

Recommendation Noted

Birth registration
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Doc. A/HRC/19/14