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Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Eritrea

19. The Committee recommends that the State party expedite the digitalization of the civil registry system through the planned establishment of a computerized database, strengthen information communications technology infrastructure and enhance coordination between entities involved in birth...

19. The Committee recommends that the State party expedite the digitalization of the civil registry system through the planned establishment of a computerized database, strengthen information communications technology infrastructure and enhance coordination between entities involved in birth and civil registration in order to ensure the birth registration of and the issuance of birth certificates for all children born on its territory immediately after birth and free of charge. It also recommends that the State party adopt specific measures for registering the birth of children in disadvantaged situations, including those born in rural and remote areas.

Birth registration
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Doc. CRC/C/ERI/CO/5-6
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Luxembourg

37. The Committee recommends that the State Party, in line with its obligations under the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness: (a) Guarantee the right of persons applying for stateless status to reside in Luxembourg...

37. The Committee recommends that the State Party, in line with its obligations under the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness:

(a) Guarantee the right of persons applying for stateless status to reside in Luxembourg during the application process and automatically recognize this right upon the granting of stateless status;

(b) Incorporate into national legislation the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees standards on the registration of refugees, stateless persons and asylum seekers and compile gender-disaggregated data on stateless women and girls and asylum-seeking women and girls.

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Statelessness Doc. CEDAW/C/LUX/CO/8
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Nepal

35. Recalling its general recommendation No. 32 (2014) on the gender-related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality and statelessness of women, and its previous recommendation (CEDAW/C/NPL/CO/6, para. 31), the Committee recommends that the State Party: (a) Accelerate the adoption...

35. Recalling its general recommendation No. 32 (2014) on the gender-related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality and statelessness of women, and its previous recommendation (CEDAW/C/NPL/CO/6, para. 31), the Committee recommends that the State Party:

(a) Accelerate the adoption of the citizenship bill and ensure that it addresses all types of discrimination against Nepali women and their children;

(b) Repeal articles 11 (5) and 11 (7) of the Constitution that prevent Nepali women from transferring citizenship on an equal basis with men to their children, recognizing the independent right of each parent to transfer citizenship by descent;

(c) Amend article 11 (3) of the Constitution to allow for birth registration by the “father or mother”, rather than the “father and mother”, with a view to preventing statelessness;

(d) Amend article 11 (6) of the Constitution to ensure that Nepali women have the right to transfer citizenship to their spouse on the same terms as Nepali men and remove the requirement of self-declaration and penalties for Nepali mothers to transfer citizenship to their children with unidentified fathers;

(e) Ensure universal birth registration for all children regardless of the legal status of their parents, including for children of stateless women, refugees, migrant women and women sex workers, in line with the Constitution and the State Party’s international human rights obligations;

(f) Ratify the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

58. The Committee requests the State Party to provide, within two years, written information on the steps taken to implement the recommendations contained in paragraphs 35 (b) and 35 (c) on nationality, and 53 (c) and 53 (e) on marriage and family relations.

ISI Submission Link
Birth registration Gender International Instruments Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CEDAW/C/NPL/CO/7
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Sri Lanka

35. The Committee notes with concern that: (b) The requirement that women with children under two years of age who are seeking overseas employment provide a report on their family background may compel such women to migrate through irregular channels, forcing them to use tourist visas,...

35. The Committee notes with concern that:

(b) The requirement that women with children under two years of age who are seeking overseas employment provide a report on their family background may compel such women to migrate through irregular channels, forcing them to use tourist visas, unauthorized agents or falsified documents when they are unable to obtain official approval, which places them and their children at risk of statelessness and exploitation;

36. In line with article 9 of the Convention and the Committee’s general recommendations No. 32 (2014) on the gender-related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality and statelessness of women and No. 26 (2008) on women migrant workers, the Committee recommends that the State Party:

(a) Amend, without delay, the Citizenship Act to ensure that women and men have equal rights with respect to acquiring, transferring, retaining and changing their nationality, and to conferring their nationality on their children, regardless of their marital status or the nationality of their spouse;

(b) Abolish the discriminatory requirement that women with children under two years of age provide a report on their family background, and ensure that women and men have equal rights with respect to seeking employment abroad;

(c) Review and revise procedures for maintaining and recovering Sri Lankan nationality to eliminate discriminatory barriers faced by women who have acquired foreign nationality through marriage abroad, in particular in cases of divorce or widowhood, and ensure that such women have equal access to expedited procedures for nationality retention or restoration, including by (i) simplifying documentary requirements and eliminating additional procedural barriers not imposed on men; (ii) establishing clear guidelines and training for consular and immigration officials on the equal nationality rights of women and men; and (iii) providing legal aid and support services to women seeking to maintain or recover their nationality;

(d) Accede to the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and to the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

38. The Committee recommends that the State Party eliminate administrative and practical barriers that prevent disadvantaged groups of women from obtaining national identity cards and other essential documentation by establishing mobile registration units with multilingual staff, accepting alternative forms of proof of identity and residence, implementing simplified procedures for women facing multiple forms of discrimination and providing free legal aid and documentation services for economically disadvant aged women.

Loss/Deprivation (Forced) migration context Nationality/Identity documentation Gender International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action Awareness raising/Capacity building/Training
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Statelessness Doc. CEDAW/C/LKA/CO/9
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Gambia

20. The Committee welcomes the establishment of the Civil Registration and Vital Statistics system and the birth registration campaigns, awareness-raising initiatives and special measures with regard to children of non-Gambian parents, which have led to an increase in birth registration. The...

20. The Committee welcomes the establishment of the Civil Registration and Vital Statistics system and the birth registration campaigns, awareness-raising initiatives and special measures with regard to children of non-Gambian parents, which have led to an increase in birth registration. The Committee notes with concern, however, that birth registration remains low, with 59 per cent of children under 5 years of age registered in 2019, and that the majority of children under 5 years of age do not have birth certificates. Recalling its previous recommendations,9 the Committee urges the State party:

(a) To expeditiously finalize the adoption of the amendments to the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1990 to interlink the civil registration, vital statistics and health systems and align the civil registration system with international standards;

(b) To implement a digital birth registration system;

(c) To ensure the complete and immediate birth registration of all children, with particular attention to children under 5 years of age, children of unmarried parents and children of non-Gambian parents;

(d) To provide a birth certificate for every registered birth and ensure that all children without a birth certificate have access to essential services;

(e) To ensure the issuance of a birth certificate and an identification card and access to nationality for foundlings living in its territory;

(f) To facilitate the naturalization process for children living in a protracted refugee situation to ensure their access to rights;

(g) To allocate adequate funding to community outreach programmes and media campaigns to raise awareness on the importance and process of birth registration.

(Forced) migration context Nationality/Identity documentation Foundlings/Unaccompanied children Birth registration
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Doc. CRC/C/GMB/CO/4-7
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Belarus

20. The Committee urges the State Party: b) To guarantee fair trial rights for all individuals, including those in exile, by discontinuing the practice of trials in absentia; restoring citizenship and legal documentation for all women affected by politically motivated charges; and ensuring...

20. The Committee urges the State Party:

b) To guarantee fair trial rights for all individuals, including those in exile, by discontinuing the practice of trials in absentia; restoring citizenship and legal documentation for all women affected by politically motivated charges; and ensuring due notification of charges against them, access to independent legal counsel of their choice, participation in legal proceedings and the right to appeal before an independent and impartial tribunal, free from political interference, in line with the State Party’s international human rights obligations;

56. The Committee recommends that the State Party:

(d) Ratify the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Remedy/Reparation Loss/Deprivation International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. CEDAW/C/BLR/CO/9
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Liechtenstein

35. The Committee recommends that the State Party consider a general reduction of the required period of residence for obtaining citizenship and ensure that women and girls without citizenship can fully enjoy their rights under the Convention in the State Party.

35. The Committee recommends that the State Party consider a general reduction of the required period of residence for obtaining citizenship and ensure that women and girls without citizenship can fully enjoy their rights under the Convention in the State Party.

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Access to nationality/Naturalization
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Doc. CEDAW/C/LIE/CO/6
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

32. The Committee recommends that the State Party: (d) Expeditiously establish and operationalize the national reparations fund for children born of rape and ensure that the fund has sustainable funding, clear implementation timelines and a victim/survivor-centred approach that addresses...

32. The Committee recommends that the State Party:

(d) Expeditiously establish and operationalize the national reparations fund for children born of rape and ensure that the fund has sustainable funding, clear implementation timelines and a victim/survivor-centred approach that addresses the specific vulnerabilities and emotional and psychological suffering faced by these children and their mothers, including by taking the necessary measures to eradicate any direct and indirect discrimination in law, in particular ensuring the children’s birth registration and access to civil documentation, providing access to social protection to the children and their mothers and conducting destigmatization and awareness-raising campaigns in line with Security Council resolution 2467 (2019);

Birth registration
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Doc. CEDAW/C/COD/EP/CO/1
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Belize

30. Recalling its general recommendation No. 32 (2014) on the gender-related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality and statelessness of women, the Committee recommends that the State Party: (a) Adopt comprehensive legislation establishing a statelessness determination procedure...

30. Recalling its general recommendation No. 32 (2014) on the gender-related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality and statelessness of women, the Committee recommends that the State Party:

(a) Adopt comprehensive legislation establishing a statelessness determination procedure and ensure that all women and girls in the State Party at risk of statelessness have access thereto;

(b) Facilitate women’s and girls’ access to birth registration, especially in rural and Indigenous areas and those with a high concentration of asylumseeking and migrant women and girls, through mobile civil registry units, affordable and easy-to-access procedures, including online, to ensure that they are not excluded from nationality, access to justice, education, healthcare, social benefits and other services;

(c) Ensure that the proposed amendments to the Nationality (Amendment) Act do not discriminate against women and girls on the basis of residency status;

44. The Committee reiterates its previous recommendations (CEDAW/C/BLZ/ CO/4, paras. 9 and 10) that the State Party put in place a comprehensive system of data collection in all areas covered by the Convention to assess the actual situation of women and to track trends over time. The Committee recommends that such a system mainstream gender and intersectionality and comprise, at least:

(a) Quantitative information (disaggregated by sex, ethnicity and rural and urban areas, as well as data on women with disabilities, Indigenous women, including Creole, Garifuna and Maya women, refugee, asylum-seeking, stateless and migrant women and girls, LGBT women, intersex persons and older women);

Identification and determination procedures Birth registration Discrimination - Other Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CEDAW/C/BLZ/CO/5-9
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Ecuador

21. While noting the establishment of mobile units to ensure birth registration, the Committee urges the State party: (a) To adopt an action plan to achieve universal birth registration in rural, coastal and border areas, with an emphasis on the Provinces of Guayas, Manabí and Esmeraldas; ...

21. While noting the establishment of mobile units to ensure birth registration, the Committee urges the State party:

(a) To adopt an action plan to achieve universal birth registration in rural, coastal and border areas, with an emphasis on the Provinces of Guayas, Manabí and Esmeraldas;

(b) To conduct a thorough assessment of the impact of the mobile units with a view to improving their services and expanding their territorial coverage to areas in which there have been persistent gaps, and provide sufficient human, technical and financial resources for their activities;

(c) To adopt measures to retroactively issue birth certificates in cases of late birth registration or loss of an original birth certificate.

Birth registration
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Doc. CRC/C/ECU/CO/7