ISI Database on Statelessness and
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Connecting nationality, statelessness and human rights. Explore and compare information from the international human rights monitoring systems to promote a human rights-based approach to nationality and statelessness.

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Number of results found: 430

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

6.119 Allocate appropriate resources to ensure universal birth registration and promote the rights of children and adolescents in rural areas.

6.119 Allocate appropriate resources to ensure universal birth registration and promote the rights of children and adolescents in rural areas.

Recommending State: Barbados

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Birth registration

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

6.119 Adopt an action plan to guarantee birth registration for all girls and boys, with special attention to those who live in rural, coastal and border areas.

6.119 Adopt an action plan to guarantee birth registration for all girls and boys, with special attention to those who live in rural, coastal and border areas.

Recommending State: Mexico

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Birth registration

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

6.119 Adopt an action plan to guarantee the full registration of births of children residing in rural, coastal and border areas, in order to contribute to the enjoyment of the right to identity.

6.119 Adopt an action plan to guarantee the full registration of births of children residing in rural, coastal and border areas, in order to contribute to the enjoyment of the right to identity.

Recommending State: Argentina

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Birth registration

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

140.259 Adopt measures to guarantee the right to nationality and prevent cases of statelessness, particularly for minors and people in rural areas.

140.259 Adopt measures to guarantee the right to nationality and prevent cases of statelessness, particularly for minors and people in rural areas.

Recommending State: Peru

Recommendation Accepted

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

149.246 Allocate appropriate resources to ensure universal birth registration and promote the rights of children and adolescents in rural areas.

149.246 Allocate appropriate resources to ensure universal birth registration and promote the rights of children and adolescents in rural areas.

Recommending State: Barbados

Recommendation Accepted

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Birth registration

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

43.290 Accelerate the approval process of the draft law on refugees and stateless persons in order to establish a global regulatory framework that is adequate to international standards.

43.290 Accelerate the approval process of the draft law on refugees and stateless persons in order to establish a global regulatory framework that is adequate to international standards.

Recommending State: Paraguay

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Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

151.339 Review the design and implementation of the National Registry of Citizens to avoid statelessness, deprivation or denial of nationality, arbitrary detentions or expulsions.

151.339 Review the design and implementation of the National Registry of Citizens to avoid statelessness, deprivation or denial of nationality, arbitrary detentions or expulsions.

Recommending State: Mexico

Recommendation Noted

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

137.235 Consider amending the Nationality Act and regulations to uphold the independent right of Sudanese citizens to confer their nationality without discrimination based on gender or marital status.

137.235 Consider amending the Nationality Act and regulations to uphold the independent right of Sudanese citizens to confer their nationality without discrimination based on gender or marital status.

Recommending State: Chile

Recommendation Accepted

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Gender Discrimination - Other Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

138.88 Join efforts to harmonize national legislation on citizenship with the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

138.88 Join efforts to harmonize national legislation on citizenship with the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Recommending State: Paraguay

Recommendation Accepted

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International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

138.87 Establish a formal statelessness identification and determination procedure, in accordance with human rights obligations and standards, and encourage the revision of the nationality law so that stateless children born in the State may have the right to acquire Lithuanian nationality. ...

138.87 Establish a formal statelessness identification and determination procedure, in accordance with human rights obligations and standards, and encourage the revision of the nationality law so that stateless children born in the State may have the right to acquire Lithuanian nationality.

Recommending State: Uruguay

Recommendation Accepted

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Identification and determination procedures Born on territory Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action