ISI Database on Statelessness and
Human Rights

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: 2459

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

80.6. Accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

80.6. Accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Recommending State: Slovenia

Recommendation Accepted

International Instruments

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

80.6. Accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

80.6. Accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Recommending State: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Recommendation Accepted

International Instruments

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

98.18. Strengthen the efforts aimed at ensuring equal access to citizenship.

98.18. Strengthen the efforts aimed at ensuring equal access to citizenship.

Recommending State: Poland

Recommendation Accepted

Access to nationality/Naturalization

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

98.5. Follow up with their valuable work on human rights issues by ratifying the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, and the 1961 Convention on the...

98.5. Follow up with their valuable work on human rights issues by ratifying the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, and by accepting recommendations made by the Human Rights Council mechanisms.

Recommending State: Hungary

Recommendation Accepted

International Instruments

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

100.98. Enact legislation that also allows non-Muslims to acquire Maldivian citizenship.

100.98. Enact legislation that also allows non-Muslims to acquire Maldivian citizenship.

Recommending State: Austria

Recommendation Noted

Religion Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

61.34. Undertake a legal reform on the issues of the neglect, abuse and sexual exploitation of children, the lack of conformity of the birth registration system, the absence of legislation on child labour, and the non-existence of a clear definition of the minimum age for criminal...

61.34. Undertake a legal reform on the issues of the neglect, abuse and sexual exploitation of children, the lack of conformity of the birth registration system, the absence of legislation on child labour, and the non-existence of a clear definition of the minimum age for criminal responsibility.

Recommending State: Hungary

Birth registration

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

105.8. Repeal legislation that causes Malawian women to lose their citizenship when marrying a foreign national.

105.8. Repeal legislation that causes Malawian women to lose their citizenship when marrying a foreign national.

Recommending State: Austria

Recommendation Noted

Loss/Deprivation Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

105.2. Consider revising its national legislation in order to prevent situations of statelessness.

105.2. Consider revising its national legislation in order to prevent situations of statelessness.

Recommending State: Brazil

Recommendation Noted

Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

100.6. Accede to the United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons of 1954 and to the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness of 1961.

100.6. Accede to the United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons of 1954 and to the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness of 1961.

Recommending State: Germany

Recommendation Noted

International Instruments

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

68.28. Address difficult access to birth registration procedures, particularly for children of African decent, indigenous children and those living in rural and border areas.

68.28. Address difficult access to birth registration procedures, particularly for children of African decent, indigenous children and those living in rural and border areas.

Recommending State: Nigeria

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration