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Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Norway

33. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Adopt the proposed amendments to its nationality and citizenship laws to allow for dual citizenship to reduce the risk for foreign spouses, upon dissolution of a marriage to a Norwegian spouse, of becoming stateless and losing custody of...

33. The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a) Adopt the proposed amendments to its nationality and citizenship laws to allow for dual citizenship to reduce the risk for foreign spouses, upon dissolution of a marriage to a Norwegian spouse, of becoming stateless and losing custody of their children born in the State party;
(b) Ensure birth registration of children born to refugee and asylum-seeking women; (...)

 

Birth registration Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CEDAW/C/NOR/CO/9
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Nauru

26. The Committee welcomes the recent amendment to the legislation on citizenship to provide equal rights to citizenship for women and men who were born in Nauru. However, article 74 of the Constitution allows a Nauruan man to transfer citizenship to his foreign wife, but there is no...

26. The Committee welcomes the recent amendment to the legislation on citizenship to provide equal rights to citizenship for women and men who were born in Nauru. However, article 74 of the Constitution allows a Nauruan man to transfer citizenship to his foreign wife, but there is no entitlement for a Nauruan woman to do the same for her foreign husband. The Committee is concerned that the Constitution discriminates against Nauruan women in this regard.


27. The Committee recommends that the State party amend article 74 of its Constitution to ensure equal rights for both women and men to acquire, change, retain or transfer their nationality, in line with article 9 of the Convention.

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. CEDAW/C/NRU/CO/1-2
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

North Korea

32. The Committee recommends that the State party review its legislation to ensure compliance with the Convention in matters concerning nationality and to take retroactive measures for women who are nationals of the State party whose children are stateless. The Committee also recommends that...

32. The Committee recommends that the State party review its legislation to ensure compliance with the Convention in matters concerning nationality and to take retroactive measures for women who are nationals of the State party whose children are stateless. The Committee also recommends that the State party review its bilateral agreements to ensure that children born to women who are nationals of the State party but residing outside its territory have access to birth registration and nationality without the children or their mothers being forcibly returned to the State party’s territory by third States.

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Birth registration Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CEDAW/C/PRK/CO/2-4
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Burkina Faso

31. The Committee recommends that the State party intensify its efforts to ensure timely birth registration and issuance of birth certificates, free of charge, throughout its territory, including through awareness-raising campaigns on the importance of birth registration and the use of...

31. The Committee recommends that the State party intensify its efforts to ensure timely birth registration and issuance of birth certificates, free of charge, throughout its territory, including through awareness-raising campaigns on the importance of birth registration and the use of mobile civil registration units, paying particular attention to children born in refugee camps.

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

Kenya

33. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Ensure, in line with the Committee’s general recommendation No. 32 (2014) on the gender-related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality and statelessness of women, that all refugee and stateless women married to Kenyan...

33. The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a) Ensure, in line with the Committee’s general recommendation No. 32 (2014) on the gender-related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality and statelessness of women, that all refugee and stateless women married to Kenyan nationals may obtain citizenship and confer it on their children without administrative barriers;
(b) Issue identity cards and title deeds to stateless persons in the State party, including the Pemba and Warundi peoples, as well as all children born in Kenya to British Overseas citizens;
(c) Facilitate the provision of official documents and registration of marriages, especially in rural areas, including through increased resources, technological capacity and the geographical spread of Huduma centres;
(d) Ratify the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Lack of documents/Access to documentation Remedy/Reparation Nationality/Identity documentation Born on territory Gender International Instruments Awareness raising/Capacity building/Training
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Statelessness Doc. CEDAW/C/KEN/CO/8
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Guatemala

31. The Committee recommends that the State party continue efforts to modernize and decentralize its civil registry offices and their ability to deliver services in rural areas and where indigenous languages are predominant.

31. The Committee recommends that the State party continue efforts to modernize and decentralize its civil registry offices and their ability to deliver services in rural areas and where indigenous languages are predominant.

Birth registration
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Doc. CEDAW/C/GTM/CO/8-9
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Kuwait

14. The Committee is particularly concerned about: (c). Articles 2, 3 and 5 of the Nationality Act of 1959, which discriminate between women and men with regard to the right to pass on nationality 15. In accordance with its general recommendation No. 28 (2010) on the core obligations of...

14. The Committee is particularly concerned about:

(c). Articles 2, 3 and 5 of the Nationality Act of 1959, which discriminate between women and men with regard to the right to pass on nationality

15. In accordance with its general recommendation No. 28 (2010) on the core obligations of States parties under article 2 of the Convention, the Committee urges the State party:

(d). To revise articles 2, 3 and 5 of the Nationality Act and article 23 of the Private Sector Labour Act;

33.The Committee recommends that the State party amend the Nationality Act to recognize the right of Kuwaiti women to transmit their nationality to non-Kuwaiti spouses and children on equal terms with Kuwaiti men, and to eliminate barriers faced by Kuwaiti women married to non-Kuwaiti men in gaining access to public housing. The Committee also recommends that the State party accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction for Statelessness, and continue to look into the possibility of regularizing the situation of more members of the bidun community.

45. (b). Ensuring that birth certificates and other documents are issued to bidun women, men and children as a means of preventing statelessness;

Remedy/Reparation Nationality/Identity documentation Gender International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CEDAW/C/KWT/CO/5
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Oman

34. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Amend the Nationality Law while taking into consideration practices of other States parties with similar cultural backgrounds and legal systems that have successfully amended their nationality laws, to ensure equality between women and...

34. The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a) Amend the Nationality Law while taking into consideration practices of other States parties with similar cultural backgrounds and legal systems that have successfully amended their nationality laws, to ensure equality between women and men with regard to the acquisition, change and retention of nationality and to enable Omani women to transmit their nationality to their foreign spouses and their children on an equal basis with men;

(b) Ensure that the Government cannot revoke citizenship rights of women and men who exercise their fundamental rights, including the right to freedom of expression, assembly and association, with a view to preventing statelessness;

(c) Accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Loss/Deprivation Gender International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CEDAW/C/OMN/CO/2-3
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Singapore

43. With reference to its general recommendation No. 32 (2014) on the gender related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality and statelessness of women, the Committee recommends that the State party: (b) Publish up to date statistics on the number of stateless persons in the State...

43. With reference to its general recommendation No. 32 (2014) on the gender related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality and statelessness of women, the Committee recommends that the State party:

(b) Publish up to date statistics on the number of stateless persons in the State party, disaggregated by age, gender, ethnic origin, residence status and other relevant characteristics;
(c) Revise the law to ensure that children born in Singapore who cannot acquire another nationality are able to automatically acquire Singaporean nationality;

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

International Instruments Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CEDAW/C/SGP/CO/5
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Israel

40. (...) The Committee is particularly concerned that: (a) The legislation prohibits the granting of any status (residency or citizenship) to Palestinians from the Occupied Palestinian Territory who are married to Israeli citizens or residents of East Jerusalem solely based on their...

40. (...) The Committee is particularly concerned that:

(a) The legislation prohibits the granting of any status (residency or citizenship) to Palestinians from the Occupied Palestinian Territory who are married to Israeli citizens or residents of East Jerusalem solely based on their nationality, whereas foreign spouses of other nationalities can obtain such permits;

41.(...) the State party should review the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law (Temporary Order) and government resolution No. 3598 of June 2008 to ensure that they comply with articles 9 and 16 of the Convention, for example by providing for targeted measures, applied on a case-by-case basis, while respecting the principles of equality and proportionality.

Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. CEDAW/C/ISR/CO/6