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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Tanzania

147.12 Continue to increase access to birth registration for all children born in Tanzania, including migrants and refugees thus avoiding statelessness.

147.12 Continue to increase access to birth registration for all children born in Tanzania, including migrants and refugees thus avoiding statelessness.

Recommending State: Eswatini

Recommendation Noted

Birth registration
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Poland

22. Taking note of target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Strengthen the prevention of statelessness among children, including by extending protection to children born to undocumented stateless parents; (b) Consider ratifying...

22. Taking note of target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Strengthen the prevention of statelessness among children, including by extending protection to children born to undocumented stateless parents;

(b) Consider ratifying the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, the European Convention on Nationality and the Council of Europe Convention on the Avoidance of Statelessness in relation to State Succession.

41. Recalling joint general comments No. 3 and No. 4 of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families/No. 22 and No. 23 (2017) of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the human rights of children in the context of international migration, the Committee reiterates its previous recommendations12 and urges the State party to:

(...) 

(i) Consider acceding to the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

International Instruments
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Russia

35. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Effectively implement the Federal Act on citizenship and the Federal Act on the legal status of foreign nationals throughout its territory so that women can acquire citizenship of the Russian Federation and register children’s births,...

35. The Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Effectively implement the Federal Act on citizenship and the Federal Act on the legal status of foreign nationals throughout its territory so that women can acquire citizenship of the Russian Federation and register children’s births, particularly refugee and asylum-seeking women, migrant women, Roma women and rural women, in line with the Committee’s general recommendation No. 32 (2014) on the gender-related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality and statelessness of women;

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

(Forced) migration context Birth registration Gender Race/Ethnicity International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Kyrgyzstan

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) Review the Citizenship Act and other relevant legislation and regulations to ensure...

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) Review the Citizenship Act and other relevant legislation and regulations to ensure that stateless women, women of undetermined nationality, Mugat or Lyuli women and their children have adequate access to birth registration and identity documents, including in rural areas, and to Kyrgyz nationality;

(b) Ensure that girls and boys born on the territory of the State party are registered at birth and have access to Kyrgyz nationality and identity documents, regardless of their parents’ consent or nationality, residence or marital status, and that loss or renunciation of nationality is contingent on the possession or acquisition of another nationality;

(c) Expand the statelessness determination procedure to recent arrivals and provide identity documents to persons considered stateless;

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

Lack of documents/Access to documentation Identification and determination procedures Remedy/Reparation Loss/Deprivation Nationality/Identity documentation Birth registration International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Micronesia

86.143 Redouble efforts for the early registration of births and the issuance of birth certificates, particularly in the peripheral islands, and regularize the national system of identity documents. 

86.143 Redouble efforts for the early registration of births and the issuance of birth certificates, particularly in the peripheral islands, and regularize the national system of identity documents. 

Recommending State: Mexico

Recommendation Accepted

Nationality/Identity documentation Birth registration
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Sweden

29. (...) However, the Committee notes with concern that approximately 14,000 stateless persons, including many women and girls, are currently living in the State party. It further notes with concern that children, including girls, who are born stateless in the State party must apply for...

29. (...) However, the Committee notes with concern that approximately 14,000 stateless persons, including many women and girls, are currently living in the State party. It further notes with concern that children, including girls, who are born stateless in the State party must apply for citizenship before reaching adulthood.

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 adopt legislative and policy measures for the reunification of families and ensure equal access to health, legal and social services to mothers of stateless children. It also recommends that the State party systematically collect data, disaggregated by sex, age and gender, on the extent of statelessness in the State party.

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Indonesia

38. The Committee recommends that the State party ensure that Indonesian nationality is conferred to children born to an Indonesian and a non-Indonesian parent before 2006, with a view to preventing statelessness.

38. The Committee recommends that the State party ensure that Indonesian nationality is conferred to children born to an Indonesian and a non-Indonesian parent before 2006, with a view to preventing statelessness.

Discrimination - Other
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Maldives

36. The Committee recommends that the State party revise its nationality law in order to remove discrimination against women with regard to the transmission of nationality, and that it improve mechanisms for the identification and protection of stateless women and girls, including through...

36. The Committee recommends that the State party revise its nationality law in order to remove discrimination against women with regard to the transmission of nationality, and that it improve mechanisms for the identification and protection of stateless women and girls, including through access to transparent and effective asylum procedures.

Identification and determination procedures Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

South Africa

42. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Facilitate access to birth registration and identity documents for women and girls living in rural areas and informal settlements in urban areas through affordable and easy procedures, including online and through mobile civil...

42. The Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Facilitate access to birth registration and identity documents for women and girls living in rural areas and informal settlements in urban areas through affordable and easy procedures, including online and through mobile civil registration units, with a view to ensuring their access to basic services and COVID-19 vaccinations;

(b) Amend the Births and Deaths Registration Act (Act No. 51 of 1992) to ensure that children of undocumented women do not become stateless.

Nationality/Identity documentation Birth registration Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

South Sudan

35. In line with 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) Ensure that women are not subject to any additional requirements to prove their...

35. In line with 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) Ensure that women are not subject to any additional requirements to prove their identity to authorities issuing national identification;

(b) Facilitate birth registration through the use of modern information and communications technologies, simplify and ensure affordable birth registration procedures, and strengthen mobile teams to issue birth certificates in rural and remote areas;

(c) Collect data on stateless women and girls, disaggregated by age, ethnicity and disability;

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

Nationality/Identity documentation Birth registration Gender International Instruments Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting