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Number of results found: 2006

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Togo

119.39 Enact a law to remove gender discrimination from its nationality legislation. 

119.39 Enact a law to remove gender discrimination from its nationality legislation. 

Recommending State: Sierra Leone

Recommendation Accepted

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Togo

119.210 Implement an effective plan to reduce maternal and infant mortality rates and ensure that all children are duly registered at birth and have equal access to education, health care and other social services, including those who are unregistered or lack birth certificates.

119.210 Implement an effective plan to reduce maternal and infant mortality rates and ensure that all children are duly registered at birth and have equal access to education, health care and other social services, including those who are unregistered or lack birth certificates.

Recommending State: Serbia

Recommendation Accepted

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Togo

119.48 Consider introducing the principle of gender parity in the current review process of the nationality law, aiming at the reduction of statelessness.

119.48 Consider introducing the principle of gender parity in the current review process of the nationality law, aiming at the reduction of statelessness.

Recommending State: Angola

Recommendation Accepted

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Togo

119.47 Review the current legislation on nationality to eliminate discriminatory provisions based on gender, guaranteeing that women have the right to transmit their nationality to their children and their spouse on an equal basis with men. 

119.47 Review the current legislation on nationality to eliminate discriminatory provisions based on gender, guaranteeing that women have the right to transmit their nationality to their children and their spouse on an equal basis with men. 

Recommending State: Uruguay

Recommendation Accepted

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Venezuela

31.25 Ratify the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 

31.25 Ratify the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 

Recommending State: Angola

Recommendation Noted

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Iceland

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

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

Recommending State: Togo

Recommendation Accepted

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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/50/7
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Iceland

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

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

Recommending State: Uruguay

Recommendation Accepted

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Zimbabwe

140.14 Finalize the ratification of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 

140.14 Finalize the ratification of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 

Recommending State: Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Recommendation Accepted

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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/50/9
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Zimbabwe

139.127 Provide to all its citizens birth certificates and national identity cards in order to ensure access to education, government services and voter rolls. 

139.127 Provide to all its citizens birth certificates and national identity cards in order to ensure access to education, government services and voter rolls. 

Recommending State: Canada

Recommendation Accepted

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Zimbabwe

140.12 Strengthen efforts to ratify the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 

140.12 Strengthen efforts to ratify the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 

Recommending State: Niger

Recommendation Accepted

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