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Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Ukraine

6. The Committee recommends that the State party conduct its census and collect such disaggregated data in order to enhance its implementation of the Convention. It also recommends that the State party provide the Committee with any updated available, reliable and comprehensive economic and...

6. The Committee recommends that the State party conduct its census and collect such disaggregated data in order to enhance its implementation of the Convention. It also recommends that the State party provide the Committee with any updated available, reliable and comprehensive economic and social indicators based on ethnicity, nationality or country of origin and drawn from academic or social surveys carried out in this field. This will enable the Committee to have an understanding of the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights by various groups living in its territory, including minorities, in particular Roma, migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and stateless persons, as well as information on the impact of programmes, plans and strategies that have been evaluated and measured.

22. Recalling its general recommendations No. 27 (2000) on discrimination against Roma and No. 25 (2000) on gender-related dimensions of racial discrimination, the Committee recommends that the State party:

(...)

(e) Strengthen its efforts to provide all Roma with identity documents free of charge;

(...)

28. The Committee recommends that the State party take measures to protect stateless persons, establish a mechanism to determine the status of persons in a situation of statelessness and facilitate their integration, including by providing them with valid documents and the necessary support.

30. The Committee recommends that the State party take measures:

(...) 

(c) to facilitate the registration of internally displaced persons and strengthen State efforts to assist such persons in obtaining documentation;

 

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Lack of documents/Access to documentation Identification and determination procedures (Forced) migration context Nationality/Identity documentation Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting
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Statelessness Doc. CERD/C/UKR/CO/22-23
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Pakistan

36. Bearing in mind its general recommendation No. 27 (2000) on discrimination against Roma, the Committee recommends that the State party take effective measures to issue gypsies with identification documents. (...)

36. Bearing in mind its general recommendation No. 27 (2000) on discrimination against Roma, the Committee recommends that the State party take effective measures to issue gypsies with identification documents. (...)

Nationality/Identity documentation
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Doc. CERD/C/PAK/CO/21-23
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

United Arab Emirates

36. The Committee recommends that the State party ensure that: (...) (b) Naturalization procedures are fully accessible to persons with disabilities and that any person with a disability can choose to apply for nationality of the United Arab Emirates on an equal basis with others; (c) All...

36. The Committee recommends that the State party ensure that:

(...)
(b) Naturalization procedures are fully accessible to persons with disabilities and that any person with a disability can choose to apply for nationality of the United Arab Emirates on an equal basis with others;
(c) All Bidouns with disabilities enjoy the right to a nationality and have access to services and that all Bidoun children with disabilities have a birth certificate and are able to exercise all the rights enshrined in the Convention.

38. The Committee recommends that the State party adopt a strategy to promote the rights of persons with disabilities, including Bidouns, to live independently and be included in the community, which includes developing community-based services, providing personal assistance and rendering existing services inclusive, regardless of place of residence, and to systematically provide information to persons with disabilities and their families on how to claim the kind of support services and assistance that would enable them to live independently in accordance with their own choices and as part of the community.

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Access to nationality/Naturalization Birth registration Disability
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Statelessness
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

Guatemala

52. The Committee urges the State party to ensure that all children with disabilities are immediately registered after birth, that an identity document is provided and that the National Registry Office properly registers all children with disabilities.

52. The Committee urges the State party to ensure that all children with disabilities are immediately registered after birth, that an identity document is provided and that the National Registry Office properly registers all children with disabilities.

Nationality/Identity documentation Birth registration Disability
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Doc. CRPD/C/GTM/CO/1
Committee against Torture (CAT)

Kuwait

37. The Committee reiterates its recommendation (see CAT/C/KWT/CO/2, para. 26) that the State party should enact specific legislation in order to protect bidun persons. It should adopt adequate legal measures to guarantee the right of every child to nationality and to facilitate the...

37. The Committee reiterates its recommendation (see CAT/C/KWT/CO/2, para. 26) that the State party should enact specific legislation in order to protect bidun persons. It should adopt adequate legal measures to guarantee the right of every child to nationality and to facilitate the registration of biduns and their nondiscriminatory access to their fundamental rights, including access to justice and social services.

51. The Committee invites also the State party to ratify (...) the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Lack of documents/Access to documentation International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CAT/C/KWT/CO/3
Human Rights Committee (CCPR)

27. The Committee is concerned that the application of some of the measures used to combat terrorism may infringe the rights set forth in the Covenant. In particular, the Committee is concerned about:  (...) (c) the possibility of revoking the citizenship of persons with dual nationality ...

27. The Committee is concerned that the application of some of the measures used to combat terrorism may infringe the rights set forth in the Covenant. In particular, the Committee is concerned about:  (...) (c) the possibility of revoking the citizenship of persons with dual nationality (arts. 2, 9, 13, 17 and 26).

28. The State party should pursue its plans to comprehensively review counterterrorism legislation and ensure that it is in full conformity with the State party’s obligations under the Covenant. The State party should clearly define the acts that constitute terrorism in order to avoid abuses. The State party should ensure that the application of such legislation is compliant with the Covenant and that the principles of necessity, proportionality and non-discrimination are strictly observed. It should establish a clear procedure that enables persons who may be expelled on national security grounds to be promptly informed in order to allow them to have their case reviewed by the competent authority, and ensure that their rights are fully protected, including with the assistance of legal counsel.

Loss/Deprivation Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. CCPR/C/DNK/CO/6
Human Rights Committee (CCPR)

Kuwait

11. The State party should: (a) speed up the process of granting Kuwaiti citizenship to Bidoon people, where appropriate; (b) guarantee the right of every child to acquire a nationality; (c) register and provide non-discriminatory access to social services to all Bidoon people residing in...

11. The State party should: (a) speed up the process of granting Kuwaiti citizenship to Bidoon people, where appropriate; (b) guarantee the right of every child to acquire a nationality; (c) register and provide non-discriminatory access to social services to all Bidoon people residing in Kuwait; (d) ensure that Bidoon individuals enjoy their right to freedom of movement, peaceful assembly, opinion and expression; (e) set aside plans to offer Bidoon people the “economic citizenship” of another country in exchange for a permanent residence permit in Kuwait; and (e) consider acceding to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and having the related obligations implemented through the State party’s domestic law.

14. The Committee regrets the lack of progress in repealing discriminatory provisions against women such as those contained in the Personal Status Law and the Nationality Law, including on such matters as (...) the ability of Kuwaiti women to pass on their nationality to their children and foreign spouses on an equal footing with Kuwaiti men (arts. 2, 3, 14, 23, 24 and 26).

15. The State party should: (a) undertake a comprehensive review of existing laws to repeal or amend, in accordance with the Covenant, all discriminatory provisions that affect gender equality; (b) take appropriate measures to enhance and promote equality; (...)

29. The State party should: (a) ensure that persons subject to a deportation order, including when it relates to immigration, citizenship and nationality, have their case reviewed by a competent authority; and (b) ensure that detention is a measure of last resort, that it is used for the shortest period of time, that it is necessary and proportionate given the circumstances, that alternatives to detention are resorted to, in practice, and that judicial remedies are available to review the lawfulness of the detention.

49. The State party should amend Law No. 15 (1959) on nationality to ensure that the peaceful exercise of the rights to freedom of opinion and expression and of association and assembly can never be used as a ground for revoking citizenship, review cases of withdrawal of nationality to ensure that they do not contravene the rights set out in the Covenant and ensure that decisions are subject to judicial review and fully respect the right to fair legal proceedings.

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Remedy/Reparation Loss/Deprivation Gender International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CCPR/C/KWT/CO/3
Human Rights Committee (CCPR)

Ghana

34. (...) The State party should also take concrete legal and administrative steps to prevent statelessness and guarantee the fundamental rights of stateless persons and persons at risk of statelessness through law and practice. 38. The State party should step up measures to expedite the...

34. (...) The State party should also take concrete legal and administrative steps to prevent statelessness and guarantee the fundamental rights of stateless persons and persons at risk of statelessness through law and practice.

38. The State party should step up measures to expedite the registration of children who remain unregistered. (...)

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Birth registration Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CCPR/C/GHA/CO/1
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

France

31. The Committee recommends that the State party ensure that every birth is registered and every person under its jurisdiction is provided with birth certificates and identity papers, irrespective of where they live. It recommends that the State party amend article 55 of the Civil Code, as...

31. The Committee recommends that the State party ensure that every birth is registered and every person under its jurisdiction is provided with birth certificates and identity papers, irrespective of where they live. It recommends that the State party amend article 55 of the Civil Code, as envisaged in draft law No. 3204 of 2015, consider extending the five-day deadline envisaged, especially for remote areas, and simplify the procedure envisaged in the case of late declarations.

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

Myanmar

32. The Committee notes that, in January 2015, the State party reinstituted a citizenship verification exercise in order to address citizenship issues in northern Rakhine State. The Committee is concerned, however, that the exercise, which entails the issuance of identification documents to...

32. The Committee notes that, in January 2015, the State party reinstituted a citizenship verification exercise in order to address citizenship issues in northern Rakhine State. The Committee is concerned, however, that the exercise, which entails the issuance of identification documents to members of the Rohingya Muslim ethnic group, still uses the outdated Citizenship Law of 1982, which is discriminatory since it results in the arbitrary deprivation of nationality. (...)

33. The Committee reiterates its previous recommendations (see CEDAW/C/MMR/CO/3, paras. 31 and 33) and recommends that the State party amend the Citizenship Law of 1982 in order to grant citizenship to residents in the State party, in particular women and girls in northern Rakhine State, so that they can freely enjoy all human rights. It also recommends compulsory birth registration of those born in camps for internally displaced persons in order to protect them from being rendered stateless.

45. Recalling its previous recommendations (see CEDAW/C/MMR/CO/3, para. 43), the Committee recommends that the State party:

(d) Ensure birth registration of Rohingya and those of other ethnic groups and remove all obstacles faced by Rohingya women and girls with regard to citizenship.

Remedy/Reparation Birth registration Race/Ethnicity Religion Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CEDAW/C/MMR/CO/4-5