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Number of results found: 482

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Jordan

137.79 Improve social protection and reduce the risk of statelessness by allowing all Jordanian women to pass citizenship on to their children and spouses, comparable to what Jordanian men are able to do.

137.79 Improve social protection and reduce the risk of statelessness by allowing all Jordanian women to pass citizenship on to their children and spouses, comparable to what Jordanian men are able to do.

Recommending State: United States of America

Recommendation Noted

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

Jordan

137.78 Adopt protection measures for migrants and refugees, and seek to eradicate statelessness.

137.78 Adopt protection measures for migrants and refugees, and seek to eradicate statelessness.

Recommending State: Argentina

Recommendation Noted

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Jordan

137.81 Amend its legislation so that women can transmit their nationality to their children, travel abroad freely and with their children without requiring permission from a male guardian, and so that women under the age of 40 years can marry for the first time without obtaining the consent...

137.81 Amend its legislation so that women can transmit their nationality to their children, travel abroad freely and with their children without requiring permission from a male guardian, and so that women under the age of 40 years can marry for the first time without obtaining the consent of a man, on equal terms with men.

Recommending State: Costa Rica

Recommendation Noted

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

Jordan

137.2 Ratify the core human rights treaties to which it is not yet a party, as well as the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons.

137.2 Ratify the core human rights treaties to which it is not yet a party, as well as the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons.

Recommending State: Paraguay

Recommendation Noted

International Instruments
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Jordan

137.3 Ratify the human rights instruments that it has not yet ratified, especially the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its Protocol, the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, as well as the International...

137.3 Ratify the human rights instruments that it has not yet ratified, especially the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its Protocol, the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, as well as the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.

Recommending State: Argentina

Recommendation Noted

International Instruments
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Jordan

137.82 Continue promoting women’s political participation and reform the Nationality Act to ensure that Jordanian women can transmit nationality to their children.

137.82 Continue promoting women’s political participation and reform the Nationality Act to ensure that Jordanian women can transmit nationality to their children.

Recommending State: Mexico

Recommendation Noted

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

Jordan

137.83 Adopt measures that allow all Jordanian women to pass on their citizenship, on equal terms with Jordanian men.

137.83 Adopt measures that allow all Jordanian women to pass on their citizenship, on equal terms with Jordanian men.

Recommending State: Chile

Recommendation Noted

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

Jordan

136.159 Conduct efforts to guarantee the right of all children, in particular, to issues related to birth registration, nationality, corporal punishment, sexual exploitation, education and other fundamental human rights.

136.159 Conduct efforts to guarantee the right of all children, in particular, to issues related to birth registration, nationality, corporal punishment, sexual exploitation, education and other fundamental human rights.

Recommending State: Uruguay

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Malaysia

55.344 Advance gender equality, guaranteeing that Malaysian citizenship is obtained by the children of Malaysian women and foreign fathers born outside the territory.

55.344 Advance gender equality, guaranteeing that Malaysian citizenship is obtained by the children of Malaysian women and foreign fathers born outside the territory.

Recommending State: Chile

Recommendation Noted

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

Malaysia

55.337 Continue efforts to prevent and end statelessness, including the amendment of regulations that prevent women from conferring citizenship on their children on an equal basis with men.

55.337 Continue efforts to prevent and end statelessness, including the amendment of regulations that prevent women from conferring citizenship on their children on an equal basis with men.

Recommending State: Uruguay

Recommendation Noted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action