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Mauritania

38. Repatriated Mauritanians who fled or were forcefully expelled during the humanitarian crisis of the late 1980s and early 1990s face similar difficulties. Many have not obtained personal documents (i.e. birth, marriage or death certificate personal identification cards and travel...

38. Repatriated Mauritanians who fled or were forcefully expelled during the humanitarian crisis of the late 1980s and early 1990s face similar difficulties. Many have not obtained personal documents (i.e. birth, marriage or death certificate personal identification cards and travel documents), a task that is particularly difficult to carry out if their documents were confiscated prior to expulsion. Consequently, of the 24,000 returnees, only around 8,000 have obtained official documents identifying them as Mauritanians; the  others continue to face great difficulties in accessing State services like education and health care and in registering to vote, and are excluded from national censuses. Without identity documents, many repatriated persons are at risk of becoming stateless.  

ISI Submission Link
(Forced) migration context Nationality/Identity documentation
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/34/54/Add.1
Human Rights Committee (CCPR)

Morocco

13. The Committee welcomes the recognition of the principle of equality in the Constitution of 2011 but is still concerned, however, about: (a) the continued existence of legislative provisions that discriminate against women, particularly as regards a matrimonial regime that continues to...

13. The Committee welcomes the recognition of the principle of equality in the Constitution of 2011 but is still concerned, however, about: (a) the continued existence of legislative provisions that discriminate against women, particularly as regards a matrimonial regime that continues to permit polygamy, divorce, child custody, legal guardianship of children, inheritance and the transmission of nationality to a foreign spouse; (...) (arts. 2, 3, 23, 24 and 26).

14. The State party should: (a) repeal or amend all provisions that discriminate against women in order to give full effect to the principle of equality enshrined in the Constitution; (...).

36. (...) (f) remove legal barriers to the registration of newborns and the recognition of marriages among refugees and asylum seekers, revise the Nationality Code of 2007 so that nationality may be transmitted to all children born in Morocco, consider ratifying the 1954 and 1961 conventions on statelessness and establish a legal framework that will prevent statelessness.

 

Access to nationality/Naturalization Born on territory Birth registration Gender International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CCPR/C/MAR/CO/6
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Bangladesh

13. In line with its general recommendation No. 33 (2015) on women’s access to justice, the Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Ensure that all women and girls, including stateless women, refugee women and women from ethnic minorities, have effective access to justice, by raising...

13. In line with its general recommendation No. 33 (2015) on women’s access to justice, the Committee recommends that the State party:
(a) Ensure that all women and girls, including stateless women, refugee women and women from ethnic minorities, have effective access to justice, by raising their awareness of their human rights and the remedies available to claim them;

27. The Committee recommends that the State party ensure the effective implementation of its legislation on nationality, with a view to providing citizenship to all children born to a Bangladeshi parent and ensuring that such laws are applied retroactively to children born before the entry into force of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act of 2009. The Committee also recommends that the State party ensure that all children born in its territory are registered immediately at birth and provided with access to basic services and encourages the State party to ratify the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol thereto.

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Birth registration Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action Awareness raising/Capacity building/Training
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Statelessness Doc. CEDAW/C/BGD/CO/8
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Burundi

32. The Committee reiterates its concern (CEDAW/C/BDI/CO/4, para. 29) that article 4 of the Nationality Code does not comply with article 9 of the Convention because it does not allow a Burundian woman married to a foreigner to transmit her nationality to her husband or children on the same...

32. The Committee reiterates its concern (CEDAW/C/BDI/CO/4, para. 29) that article 4 of the Nationality Code does not comply with article 9 of the Convention because it does not allow a Burundian woman married to a foreigner to transmit her nationality to her husband or children on the same basis as a Burundian man married to a foreigner. The Committee also notes with concern the discriminatory provision of the Code of the Person and the Family (art. 38), under which the registration of a child's birth can be effected only by the father, and by mothers in very specific cases. It further notes the high rates of unregistered births. 

33. The Committee reiterates its recommendation (CEDAW/C/BDI/CO/4, para. 30) that the State party amend the Nationality Code and the Code of the Person and the Family so as to bring them into line with article 9 of the Convention and ensure the registration of all births.

Birth registration Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CEDAW/C/BDI/CO/5-6
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Honduras

31. The Committee recommends that the State party ensure that all births are registered in the State party, including in rural areas, indigenous communities and in communities of African descent. It also recommends that the State party ensure that all children born in exceptional situations,...

31. The Committee recommends that the State party ensure that all births are registered in the State party, including in rural areas, indigenous communities and in communities of African descent. It also recommends that the State party ensure that all children born in exceptional situations, including in a migration context or in border areas, are registered in the National Registry of Persons and provided with personal documents. It also recommends that the State party include a gender perspective in the mechanisms monitoring return processes for child migrants and their effect on family reunification.

Birth registration
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Doc. CEDAW/C/HND/CO/7-8
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Estonia

25. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Establish a statelessness determination procedure, in line with articles 2 and 9 of the Convention and its general recommendation No. 32 (2014) on the gender-related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality and statelessness of...

25. The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a) Establish a statelessness determination procedure, in line with articles 2 and 9 of the Convention and its general recommendation No. 32 (2014) on the gender-related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality and statelessness of women, in order to expedite naturalization;
(b) Fast-track the naturalization of children with undetermined citizenship in the 15-18 age category;
(c) Accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and the European Convention on Nationality.

Identification and determination procedures Access to nationality/Naturalization International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. CEDAW/C/EST/CO/5-6
Human Rights Committee (CCPR)

Moldova

12. The State party should ensure that all individuals belonging to groups that have faced discrimination in the past are effectively protected from violations of their rights under the Covenant, including by: (...) (b) Strengthening its efforts to combat discrimination and...

12. The State party should ensure that all individuals belonging to groups that have faced discrimination in the past are effectively protected from violations of their rights under the Covenant, including by:

(...)

(b) Strengthening its efforts to combat discrimination and marginalization of Roma, including by allocating sufficient human and financial resources to implement effectively the new Roma action plan for the period 2016-2020, and ensuring that all Roma have access to identity documents;

(...)

Nationality/Identity documentation
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Doc. CCPR/C/MDA/CO/3
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Suriname

17. The Committee recommends that the State party continue to strengthen efforts to ensure that all children born in its territory are registered and provided with official birth certificates, including by streamlining birth registration in the interior areas of the State party through,...

17. The Committee recommends that the State party continue to strengthen efforts to ensure that all children born in its territory are registered and provided with official birth certificates, including by streamlining birth registration in the interior areas of the State party through, among others, local registry offices, mobile units and outreach programmes. The Committee also recommends that the State party carry out awareness-raising programmes and campaigns on the importance of registering the birth of all children, including children born to migrant workers in both regular and irregular situations. The Committee further recommends that the State party consider acceding to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 

Birth registration International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/SUR/CO/3-4
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

Ethiopia

42. The Committee recommends that the State party strengthen the birth registration system to ensure that every newborn child with disabilities in all areas of the country, in particular those living in remote and rural areas and those living in refugee camps, are registered immediately upon...

42. The Committee recommends that the State party strengthen the birth registration system to ensure that every newborn child with disabilities in all areas of the country, in particular those living in remote and rural areas and those living in refugee camps, are registered immediately upon birth.

Birth registration
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Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

Bolivia

48. The Committee urges the State party to guarantee all persons with disabilities the right to be registered, and to train the staff of official institutions to register all persons with disabilities, particularly in indigenous communities and in remote and rural areas.

48. The Committee urges the State party to guarantee all persons with disabilities the right to be registered, and to train the staff of official institutions to register all persons with disabilities, particularly in indigenous communities and in remote and rural areas.

Birth registration
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Doc. CRPD/C/BOL/CO/1