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Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

36. The Committee urges the State party to take immediate and concrete steps to implement the Zagreb Declaration, including by reviewing its birth registration process in detail to ensure that all children born in its territory are registered at birth, and that no child is disadvantaged due...

36. The Committee urges the State party to take immediate and concrete steps to implement the Zagreb Declaration, including by reviewing its birth registration process in detail to ensure that all children born in its territory are registered at birth, and that no child is disadvantaged due to procedural barriers to registration. In this context, the Committee recommends that the State party:
(a) Consider increasing the number of birth registration offices in rural and outlying areas;
(b) Issue birth certificates free of charge;
(c) Provide special support to facilitate birth registration for illiterate persons or persons without documentation;
(d) Issue birth certificates for all children born in its territory, regardless of the immigration status of the child or his/her parents;
(e) Raise awareness, especially among the Roma population, of the importance of birth registration

Birth registration
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Doc. CRC/C/BIH/CO/2-4
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Thailand

14. While welcoming the setting of the target of granting of legal status to about 300,000 persons within a time frame of three years and measures such as the adoption of the 2008 Civil Registration Act (No. 2), the Committee is nevertheless concerned at the large number of persons in the...

14. While welcoming the setting of the target of granting of legal status to about 300,000 persons within a time frame of three years and measures such as the adoption of the 2008 Civil Registration Act (No. 2), the Committee is nevertheless concerned at the large number of persons in the State party eligible for citizenship but who are currently stateless. The Committee is further concerned at the subsequent denial of their civil and political rights as well as economic and social rights. Moreover, while noting that the State party’s legislation allows for the registration of all persons born in the State party, the Committee remains concerned that a large number of births, particularly among ethnic groups and migrants, are not registered. The Committee reminds the State party that lack of birth registration is a contributing factor to statelessness (art. 5 (d)).

The Committee urges the State party to take effective measures to address the obstacles encountered in the acquisition of citizenship by those who qualify for it, including with regard to obtaining the required documentation from local authorities. Bearing in mind its general recommendation No. 30 (2004) on discrimination against non-citizens, the Committee also recommends that the State party strengthen its efforts to facilitate the registration of births, including by allowing late registration as well as registration through the health-care system. The Committee further encourages the State party to accede to 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 Birth registration International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. CERD/C/THA/CO/1-3
Human Rights Committee (CCPR)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

17. (...) The Committee reiterates its previous concluding observations (CCPR/C/BIH/CO/1, para. 22) and recommends that the State party should increase its efforts to improve birth registration and the provision of birth certificates, particularly among the Roma, through appropriate...

17. (...) The Committee reiterates its previous concluding observations (CCPR/C/BIH/CO/1, para. 22) and recommends that the State party should increase its efforts to improve birth registration and the provision of birth certificates, particularly among the Roma, through appropriate interventions such as awareness-raising programmes aimed at changing mindsets regarding the need to register births or obtain birth certificates.

Birth registration
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Doc. CCPR/C/BIH/CO/2
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Chile

27. The Committee encourages the State party to: (a) Review and amend its legislation to ensure that children of migrant women in an irregular situation, who are born in the State party, can acquire Chilean nationality at birth, whenever they are unable to transfer their nationality to the...

27. The Committee encourages the State party to:
(a) Review and amend its legislation to ensure that children of migrant women in an irregular situation, who are born in the State party, can acquire Chilean nationality at birth, whenever they are unable to transfer their nationality to the children, as recommended by the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (CMW/C/CHL/CO/1, para. 33)

(b) Consider acceding to the international instruments addressing the situation of stateless persons, namely the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (1961) and the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons (1954).

(Forced) migration context Born on territory Gender International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CEDAW/C/CHL/CO/5-6
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Togo

29. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Amend its Code of Nationality to grant women equal rights with men regarding the retention of the Togolese nationality in case of divorce (art. 23.3) and the transmission of the Togolese nationality to their children (art. 1) or to their...

29. The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a) Amend its Code of Nationality to grant women equal rights with men regarding the retention of the Togolese nationality in case of divorce (art. 23.3) and the transmission of the Togolese nationality to their children (art. 1) or to their spouses of foreign nationality (art. 5); and
(b) Consider acceding to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Gender International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CEDAW/C/TGO/CO/6-7
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Senegal

16. (...) The Committee draws the State party’s attention to its general comment No. 30 (2004) on discrimination against non-citizens and encourages it to facilitate the integration of all refugees living in Senegal and issue them with identity papers as soon as possible so that they can...

16. (...) The Committee draws the State party’s attention to its general comment No. 30 (2004) on discrimination against non-citizens and encourages it to facilitate the integration of all refugees living in Senegal and issue them with identity papers as soon as possible so that they can fully enjoy their rights.

19. The Committee recalls its general comments No. 25 (2000) on gender-related dimensions of racial discrimination and No. 30 (2004) on discrimination against non-citizens, and it recommends that the State party speed up its revision of the Nationality Code so as to ensure that Senegalese women married to foreigners may pass their nationality on to their children or their husbands in the same way that Senegalese men may.
 

Nationality/Identity documentation Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CERD/C/SEN/CO/16-18
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Tajikistan

14. (...) The Committee recommends that the State party: (...)  (d) Resolve the problem of the stateless persons and consider ratifying the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness; (e) Speedily conclude ongoing...

14. (...) The Committee recommends that the State party:

(...) 

(d) Resolve the problem of the stateless persons and consider ratifying the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness;

(e) Speedily conclude ongoing legislative efforts, with the assistance of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to adopt a new Law on Citizenship and revise the Refugee Law.

16. The Committee expresses its concern regarding the amendment of the Family Code in 2011 which restricts the right of foreigners and stateless persons, including migrants, to marry Tajik women by requiring legal residence in the country for at least one year and a mandatory prenuptial agreement providing the Tajik spouse with a dwelling. The Committee regrets this provision which has a discriminatory effect, in violation of the Convention (arts. 2 and 5).

In the light of its general recommendation No. 30 (2005) on discrimination against non-citizens, the Committee recommends that the State party review its legislation to bring it into full compliance with its international obligations and the Convention, in particular the State party should ensure that non-citizens are afforded effective enjoyment of the rights mentioned in article 5 of the Convention without discrimination. The Committee recalls that State parties have the duty to ensure that legislative guarantees against racial discrimination apply to non-citizens regardless of their immigration status, and that the implementation of legislation does not have a discriminatory effect on non-citizens. The Committee recommends that the State party take this into account in the new law on citizenship in order to find other ways and means to protect Tajik women while avoiding discrimination on ethnic or national ground.
 

Protection/Enjoyment of rights International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CERD/C/TJK/CO/6-8
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Liechtenstein

14. (...) Recalling its general recommendation No. 22 (1996) on article 5 and refugees and displaced persons, the Committee recommends that the State party consider amending the Asylum Act to provide for facilitated naturalization of refugees and stateless persons.

14. (...) Recalling its general recommendation No. 22 (1996) on article 5 and refugees and displaced persons, the Committee recommends that the State party consider amending the Asylum Act to provide for facilitated naturalization of refugees and stateless persons.

Remedy/Reparation Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CERD/C/LIE/CO/4-6
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

South Korea

13. (...) The Committee recommends that the State party (...) establish a system and procedures to properly register the birth of children of refugees, humanitarian status holders and asylum seekers born in the State party, as already recommended by the Committee on the Rights of the Child...

13. (...) The Committee recommends that the State party (...) establish a system and procedures to properly register the birth of children of refugees, humanitarian status holders and asylum seekers born in the State party, as already recommended by the Committee on the Rights of the Child in 2011 (CRC/C/KOR/CO/3-4), and of children of undocumented migrants. 

Birth registration
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Doc. CERD/C/KOR/CO/15-16
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Namibia

37. The Committee strongly urges the State party: (a) To strengthen its efforts to ensure immediate and universal birth registration, including through reforms in the Birth, Marriages and Death Registration Act of 1963, and, in the meantime, take immediate special measures to register the...

37. The Committee strongly urges the State party:

(a) To strengthen its efforts to ensure immediate and universal birth registration, including through reforms in the Birth, Marriages and Death Registration Act of 1963, and, in the meantime, take immediate special measures to register the births of all children and provide all children with free birth certificates without any discrimination;

(b) To intensify public awareness campaigns on the importance of birth registration;

(c) To establish effective procedures to identify unaccompanied and separated asylum-seeking and refugee children and immediately take special measures to register their births;

(...) 

(e) To accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Statelesss Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Birth registration International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/NAM/CO/2-3