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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Latvia

132.236 Repeal any provision that could cause statelessness and establish measures to facilitate the naturalization of persons recognized as stateless. 

132.236 Repeal any provision that could cause statelessness and establish measures to facilitate the naturalization of persons recognized as stateless

Recommending State: Mexico

Recommendation Accepted

Remedy/Reparation Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Latvia

132.244 Advance legal, policy and/or practical steps to reduce statelessness, facilitating the acceleration of the naturalisation of recognised stateless persons.

132.244 Advance legal, policy and/or practical steps to reduce statelessness, facilitating the acceleration of the naturalisation of recognised stateless persons.

Recommending State: Ireland

Recommendation Noted

Remedy/Reparation Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Latvia

132.239 Consider granting the Latvian citizenship also to those stateless children in Latvia who were born before the first of January 2020. 

132.239 Consider granting the Latvian citizenship also to those stateless children in Latvia who were born before the first of January 2020. 

Recommending State: Germany

Recommendation Accepted

Remedy/Reparation Born on territory
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Latvia

132.38 Ratify the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, the European Convention on Nationality and the Council of Europe Convention on the Avoidance of Statelessness in Relation to State Succession. 

132.38 Ratify the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, the European Convention on Nationality and the Council of Europe Convention on the Avoidance of Statelessness in Relation to State Succession. 

Recommending State: Luxembourg

Recommendation Noted

International Instruments
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Latvia

132.242 Simplify the process of naturalization of "non-citizens," especially older persons and children. 

132.242 Simplify the process of naturalization of "non-citizens," especially older persons and children. 

Recommending State: Russia

Recommendation Noted

Remedy/Reparation
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Latvia

132.237 Grant citizenship to children of stateless people. 

132.237 Grant citizenship to children of stateless people. 

Recommending State: Estonia

Recommendation Accepted

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Latvia

132.240 Amend the Citizenship Law in order to provide for the automatic acquisition of citizenship by all children born on the territory of Latvia to "non-citizens" who would otherwise be stateless, including minors between the years of age 15 and 18. 

132.240 Amend the Citizenship Law in order to provide for the automatic acquisition of citizenship by all children born on the territory of Latvia to "non-citizens" who would otherwise be stateless, including minors between the years of age 15 and 18. 

Recommending State: Slovenia

Recommendation Noted

Born on territory Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Palau

88.12 Ratify the main international human rights treaties still pending, in particular the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the optional protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless...

88.12 Ratify the main international human rights treaties still pending, in particular the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the optional protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 

Recommending State: Paraguay

Recommendation Accepted

International Instruments
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Niger

122.254 Continue strengthening its laws on statelessness, human trafficking and people smuggling. 

122.254 Continue strengthening its laws on statelessness, human trafficking and people smuggling. 

Recommending State: Eswatini

Recommendation Accepted

Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Niger

122.245 Review the Civil Code observing the principle of the best interests of the child, establish 18 years as the minimum age for marriage, and allow the registration of births of children at risk of statelessness. 

122.245 Review the Civil Code observing the principle of the best interests of the child, establish 18 years as the minimum age for marriage, and allow the registration of births of children at risk of statelessness

Recommending State: Mexico

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration