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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

United Arab Emirates

35.260 Amend legislation so that Emirati women can easily pass on their nationality to their children. 

35.260 Amend legislation so that Emirati women can easily pass on their nationality to their children. 

Recommending State: Cyprus

Recommendation Accepted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

United Arab Emirates

35.321 Adopt measures to guarantee the right to nationality and prevent cases of statelessness, including by easing the process for the newly born children of unwed mothers to get birth certification.

35.321 Adopt measures to guarantee the right to nationality and prevent cases of statelessness, including by easing the process for the newly born children of unwed mothers to get birth certification.

Recommending State: Indonesia

Recommendation Noted

Birth registration Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Montenegro

131.225 Step up efforts to ensure a uniform, simplified and accessible procedure for the birth registration of stateless persons in its territory. 

131.225 Step up efforts to ensure a uniform, simplified and accessible procedure for the birth registration of stateless persons in its territory. 

Recommending State: Philippines

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Montenegro

131.223 Ensure that all children, without discrimination, are registered regardless of the documentary or residency status of their parents, and ensure that nationality is determined as soon as possible after birth. 

131.223 Ensure that all children, without discrimination, are registered regardless of the documentary or residency status of their parents, and ensure that nationality is determined as soon as possible after birth. 

Recommending State: Mexico

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Montenegro

131.224 Continue to strengthen the capacity of national institutions regarding birth registration and the handling of cases of statelessness, particularly at the local level. 

131.224 Continue to strengthen the capacity of national institutions regarding birth registration and the handling of cases of statelessness, particularly at the local level. 

Recommending State: Uruguay

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration Awareness raising/Capacity building/Training
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Montenegro

131.222 Ensure that children’s nationality status is determined as soon as possible after birth in order to ensure that otherwise stateless children born in Montenegro acquire a nationality. 

131.222 Ensure that children’s nationality status is determined as soon as possible after birth in order to ensure that otherwise stateless children born in Montenegro acquire a nationality

Recommending State: Belgium

Recommendation Accepted

Born on territory
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Israel

39.250 Guarantee adequate protection for stateless persons and establish effective mechanisms to end statelessness. 

39.250 Guarantee adequate protection for stateless persons and establish effective mechanisms to end statelessness

Recommending State: Paraguay

Recommendation Noted

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Remedy/Reparation
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Tonga

91.52 Ratify the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 

91.52 Ratify the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness

Recommending State: Niger

Recommendation Noted

International Instruments
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Romania

109.250 Establish a clear and predictable statelessness determination procedure that guarantees basic procedural rights and safeguards. 

109.250 Establish a clear and predictable statelessness determination procedure that guarantees basic procedural rights and safeguards. 

Recommending State: Ukraine

Recommendation Accepted

Identification and determination procedures
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Romania

109.251 Improve asylum procedures and mechanisms for identifying stateless persons and granting them temporary protection status.

109.251 Improve asylum procedures and mechanisms for identifying stateless persons and granting them temporary protection status.

Recommending State: Kyrgyzstan

Recommendation Accepted

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Identification and determination procedures