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Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Thailand

33. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Adopt further legislative amendments to ensure that women and men enjoy equal rights to confer their nationality on foreign spouses; (b) Ensure without delay that women belonging to ethnic minority and indigenous groups have equal access...

33. The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a) Adopt further legislative amendments to ensure that women and men enjoy equal rights to confer their nationality on foreign spouses;
(b) Ensure without delay that women belonging to ethnic minority and indigenous groups have equal access to nationality as men, including by eliminating obstacles relating to language, bureaucracy, residential requirements, literacy and the attitudes of officials and ensure that they enjoy their rights to freedom of movement and access to education, employment, health care and social protection without undue restrictions;
(c) Intensify efforts to facilitate the birth registration of children, especially in rural and remote areas, in particular by conducting awareness raising campaigns and removing language barriers;
(d) Ratify the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, of 1954, and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, of 1961.

Access to nationality/Naturalization Birth registration Gender Race/Ethnicity International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. CEDAW/C/THA/CO/6-7
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Nigeria

32. In line with 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: (a) Repeal section 26 (2) (a) of the Constitution in order to bring it into line with...

32. In line with 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:
(a) Repeal section 26 (2) (a) of the Constitution in order to bring it into line with the Convention and ensure that, in accordance with article 9 of the Convention, Nigerian women who are married to foreign men can transmit their nationality to their husbands on an equal basis with Nigerian men who are married to foreign women

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. CEDAW/C/NGA/CO/7-8
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Barbados

30. The Committee recommends that the State party amend its Constitution to grant Barbadian women equal rights with men regarding the transmission of their nationality to their children or to their spouses of foreign nationality, in line with article 9 of the Convention.

30. The Committee recommends that the State party amend its Constitution to grant Barbadian women equal rights with men regarding the transmission of their nationality to their children or to their spouses of foreign nationality, in line with article 9 of the Convention.

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. CEDAW/C/BRB/CO/5-8
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)

Pakistan

26. (...) Moreover, it recommends that the State party adopt legislative and policy frameworks to provide protection for refugees, asylum seekers and stateless persons in compliance with international norms and standards. 62. The Committee recommends that the State party take all effective...

26. (...) Moreover, it recommends that the State party adopt legislative and policy frameworks to provide protection for refugees, asylum seekers and stateless persons in compliance with international norms and standards.

62. The Committee recommends that the State party take all effective measures to ensure that all children are registered at birth and step up its efforts to register those adults without a birth certificate.

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Birth registration Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. E/C.12/PAK/CO/1
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Algeria

129.23 Ratify the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and incorporate its provisions into national law. 

129.23 Ratify the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and incorporate
its provisions into national law. 

Recommending State: Cote d'Ivoire

Recommendation Noted

ISI Summary Link
International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/36/13
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Algeria

129.207 Guarantee the civil registration of children born out of marriage, as well as of refugee and stateless children. 

129.207 Guarantee the civil registration of children born out of marriage, as well as of refugee and stateless children. 

Recommending State: Paraguay

Recommendation Accepted

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Birth registration
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Doc. A/HRC/36/13
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Algeria

129.24 Accede to the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and adopt its safeguards in the domestic legislation.

129.24 Accede to the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and adopt its safeguards in the domestic legislation.

Recommending State: Uganda

Recommendation Noted

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International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/36/13
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Algeria

129.208 Take measures for the systematic registration of children born outside of marriage and of refugee children or migrants. 

129.208 Take measures for the systematic registration of children born outside of marriage and of refugee children or migrants. 

Recommending State: Togo

Recommendation Accepted

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Birth registration
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Doc. A/HRC/36/13
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Algeria

129.206 Take necessary measures to ensure the registration and enrolment of children born out of wedlock. 

129.206 Take necessary measures to ensure the registration and enrolment of children born out of wedlock. 

Recommending State: Türkiye

Recommendation Accepted

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Birth registration
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Doc. A/HRC/36/13
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Algeria

129.225 Adopt comprehensive national legislation that allows for compliance with and implementation of its international obligations concerning migrants, asylum seekers, refugees and stateless persons. 

129.225 Adopt comprehensive national legislation that allows for compliance with and implementation of its international obligations concerning migrants, asylum seekers, refugees and stateless persons. 

Recommending State: Mexico

Recommendation Accepted

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Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/36/13