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) 2nd

119.11. Establish a simple and accessible procedure of birth registration to guarantee that all children have access to it.

119.11. Establish a simple and accessible procedure of birth registration to guarantee that all children have access to it.

Recommending State: Brazil

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

109.149. Consider amending the Citizenship Law to include safeguards against statelessness, providing that children born in the Romanian territory, who would otherwise be stateless, acquire Romanian nationality.

109.149. Consider amending the Citizenship Law to include safeguards against statelessness, providing that children born in the Romanian territory, who would otherwise be stateless, acquire Romanian nationality.

Recommending State: Slovakia

Recommendation Accepted

Born on territory Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

109.105. Amend the Citizenship Law to ensure that all persons born in Romania obtain a nationality; otherwise they would be stateless, regardless of the status of the parents.

109.105. Amend the Citizenship Law to ensure that all persons born in Romania obtain a nationality; otherwise they would be stateless, regardless of the status of the parents.

Recommending State: Mexico

Recommendation Accepted

Born on territory Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

109.113. Implement comprehensive awareness raising strategies for hospital staff, administrators and other health professionals regarding their responsibilities to register births and facilitate the issuance of birth certificates, without any delay.

109.113. Implement comprehensive awareness raising strategies for hospital staff, administrators and other health professionals regarding their responsibilities to register births and facilitate the issuance of birth certificates, without any delay.

Recommending State: Uruguay

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

79.53. Reform the Nationality Act to include safeguards against statelessness, so that children born in Tonga’s territory, who would otherwise be stateless, can acquire Tongan nationality.

79.53. Reform the Nationality Act to include safeguards against statelessness, so that children born in Tonga’s territory, who would otherwise be stateless, can acquire Tongan nationality.

Recommending State: Slovakia

Recommendation Accepted

Born on territory Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

128.73. Solve the situation of statelessness of the different populations living in the territory by recognizing their ties and long stay in the country.

128.73. Solve the situation of statelessness of the different populations living in the territory by recognizing their ties and long stay in the country.

Recommending State: Mexico

Recommendation Accepted

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

128.105. Take steps to protect human rights defenders, journalists and religious minorities from discrimination, harassment or intimidation, including the arbitrary deprivation of nationality.

128.105. Take steps to protect human rights defenders, journalists and religious minorities from discrimination, harassment or intimidation, including the arbitrary deprivation of nationality.

Recommending State: Austria

Recommendation Accepted

Loss/Deprivation

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

128.32. Ratify the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons.

128.32. Ratify the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons.

Recommending State: Ecuador

Recommendation Accepted

International Instruments

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

102.50. Reform national legislation to enable mothers with Barbadian nationality to confer their nationality to their children born abroad.

102.50. Reform national legislation to enable mothers with Barbadian nationality to confer their nationality to their children born abroad.

Recommending State: Ecuador

Recommendation Accepted

Born abroad Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

102.51. Resolve gender inequality with regards to conferring Barbadian nationality from parents to their children.

102.51. Resolve gender inequality with regards to conferring Barbadian nationality from parents to their children.

Recommending State: Slovakia

Recommendation Accepted

Gender