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Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Serbia

19. (...) In particular, it is concerned that members of the Roma minority face difficulties and discrimination due to their lack of personal identification documents and birth certificates which puts them at risk of statelessness and affects the exercise of their rights (art.. 5 (b) and (d)...

19. (...) In particular, it is concerned that members of the Roma minority face difficulties and discrimination due to their lack of personal identification documents and birth certificates which puts them at risk of statelessness and affects the exercise of their rights (art.. 5 (b) and (d) (i), (ii), and (iii)).

The Committee urges the State party to carry out the necessary measures, including legal amendments, to ensure that all persons lacking the required personal documents have access to registration and the necessary documents to exercise their rights. In particular, it recommends that the State party carry out campaigns to increase awareness of the importance of registration among the Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian population. In addition, the Committee recommends that the State party increase the safeguards against statelessness, and that it ratify the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Nationality/Identity documentation Birth registration International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. CERD/C/SRB/CO/1
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Belarus

19. The Committee recommends that the Committee strengthen the collection of disaggregated data, with special attention to violence against children, juvenile delinquency, child labour, abandonment, migration, children belonging to minority groups, particularly the Roma, stateless children,...

19. The Committee recommends that the Committee strengthen the collection of disaggregated data, with special attention to violence against children, juvenile delinquency, child labour, abandonment, migration, children belonging to minority groups, particularly the Roma, stateless children, and women and children infected and affected by HIV.

34. In accordance with article 7, the Committee urges the State party to ensure the implementation of the right of all children to acquire a nationality, as far as possible, in order to prevent statelessness. It should inter alia collect data on stateless children. In this regard, the Committee encourages the State party to seek technical assistance from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The Committee further recommends that the State party consider ratifying the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, the 1997 European Convention on Nationality and the 2009 Council of Europe Convention on the avoidance of statelessness in relation to State succession.

54. The Committee recommends that the State party continue to strengthen efforts to improve the health situation of all children, including by guaranteeing free-of charge medical treatment for all children (both foreign citizens and stateless persons) who hold a temporary residence permit in the State party.

Protection/Enjoyment of rights International Instruments Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting Implementing measures - Other
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/BLR/CO/3-4
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Lao People's Democratic Republic

35. (...) The Committee also recommends that the State party ensure that civil status registries exist in all districts, including small rural districts, that it raise awareness among parents and administrative authorities in small, isolated villages about the family registration law and...

35. (...) The Committee also recommends that the State party ensure that civil status registries exist in all districts, including small rural districts, that it raise awareness among parents and administrative authorities in small, isolated villages about the family registration law and birth registration procedures, as well as consider introducing mobile units for birth registration and issuance of birth certificates. The Committee encourages the State party to provide birth certificates free of charge for all children born on its territory, and to ensure that parents, whether from urban or rural areas, have equal access to birth registration and birth certificate services.

Birth registration
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Doc. CRC/C/LAO/CO/2
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Bolivia

21. (...) The Committee encourages the State party to develop legislation establishing the rights of refugees and providing that identity documents are to be issued free of charge and to furnish appropriate ongoing training for public officials, including border agents, to ensure that they...

21. (...) The Committee encourages the State party to develop legislation establishing the rights of refugees and providing that identity documents are to be issued free of charge and to furnish appropriate ongoing training for public officials, including border agents, to ensure that they do not make use of procedures that violate human rights.

Nationality/Identity documentation
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Doc. CERD/C/BOL/CO/17-20
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Cuba

18. (...) The Committee recommends that the State party amend its legislation on migration and the status of foreigners and its laws on citizenship without delay in order to prevent statelessness. (...) 19. (...) The State party should adopt the legislative and administrative measures...

18. (...) The Committee recommends that the State party amend its legislation on migration and the status of foreigners and its laws on citizenship without delay in order to prevent statelessness. (...)

19. (...) The State party should adopt the legislative and administrative measures necessary to guarantee protection for refugees, asylum-seekers and stateless persons. The Committee strongly encourages the State party to consider the possibility of ratifying the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Protection/Enjoyment of rights International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CERD/C/CUB/CO/14-18
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Afganistan

34. (...) It urges the State party to take all necessary measures to ensure that all children, including children born out of wedlock, are properly registered at birth. 63. (...) The Committee also calls upon the State party to take the necessary measures to ensure that returnee, refugee...

34. (...) It urges the State party to take all necessary measures to ensure that all children, including children born out of wedlock, are properly registered at birth.

63. (...) The Committee also calls upon the State party to take the necessary measures to ensure that returnee, refugee and internally displaced children are not denied access to education and identity documents, and are not discriminated in any other way on the basis of their ethnicity. The Committee encourages the State party to accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

 

Nationality/Identity documentation Birth registration International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/AFG/CO/1
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Lithuania

15. (...) It also recommends that the State party allocate sufficient resources for programmes targeting the Roma community, for example, to solve the problems of their identity cards and statelessness and to involve Roma representatives and civil society organizations in the implementation...

15. (...) It also recommends that the State party allocate sufficient resources for programmes targeting the Roma community, for example, to solve the problems of their identity cards and statelessness and to involve Roma representatives and civil society organizations in the implementation of these programmes. (...)

19. (...) The Committee requests information on measures and actions taken by the State party to reduce statelessness bearing in mind its general recommendation No. 30 (2004) on discrimination against non-citizens. The Committee draws the attention of the State party to its obligations under the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons which it acceded to on 7 February 2000.

Remedy/Reparation Nationality/Identity documentation Race/Ethnicity International Instruments Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting
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Statelessness Doc. CERD/C/LTU/CO/4-5
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

Estonia

80.17. Grant citizenship to all those who live on a permanent basis in the territory of Estonia and wish to become a citizen, grant, as a mater of urgency, the right to citizenship to all children born in Estonia of so-called non-citizens, without exception, lift the prohibition on access of...

80.17. Grant citizenship to all those who live on a permanent basis in the territory of Estonia and wish to become a citizen, grant, as a mater of urgency, the right to citizenship to all children born in Estonia of so-called non-citizens, without exception, lift the prohibition on access of membership in political parties to so-called non-citizens who have permanent residency in the country and are citizens of countries which are not members of the European Union, as well as provide non-citizens the passive right to vote in municipal elections. 

Recommending State: Russia

Recommendation Noted

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Access to nationality/Naturalization Born on territory
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/17/17
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

Estonia

77.85. Resolve the problem of persons without citizenship, and prevent such cases from arising in the future. 

77.85. Resolve the problem of persons without citizenship, and prevent such cases from arising in the future. 

Recommending State: Ecuador

Recommendation Accepted

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

Estonia

80.4. Accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 

80.4. Accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 

Recommending State: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Recommendation Noted

International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/17/17