Statelessness Recommendations

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Committee against Torture (CAT)

21. (...) The State party should: (...) and (c) Consider acceding to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Optional Protocol, the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

21. (...) The State party should:

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and (c) Consider acceding to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Optional Protocol, the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

International Instruments

Committee against Torture (CAT)

21. (...) The State party should hasten the adoption of the revised law on the status of refugees to consolidate safeguards for protecting refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced persons and stateless persons, including by setting up a body to rule on applications for refugee status...

21. (...) The State party should hasten the adoption of the revised law on the status of refugees to consolidate safeguards for protecting refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced persons and stateless persons, including by setting up a body to rule on applications for refugee status and on a range of issues such as family reunification and the protection of unaccompanied minors. The Committee encourages the State party to continue with its efforts to facilitate the integration of refugees, including by issuing identity cards, in collaboration with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Nationality/Identity documentation Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

38. (...) UNHCR estimates that 5,000 people, mainly Roma, are at risk of statelessness and face obstacles to effective citizenship and access to their rights and entitlements. 93. Many Roma, including children, continue to lack the documentation they require to fully enjoy their rights as...

38. (...) UNHCR estimates that 5,000 people, mainly Roma, are at risk of statelessness and face obstacles to effective citizenship and access to their rights and entitlements.

93. Many Roma, including children, continue to lack the documentation they require to fully enjoy their rights as citizens and to benefit from services and social assistance. Full registration should be a high priority of authorities at all levels and existing measures should be intensified. Registration should not entail prohibitive costs or restrictive administrative burdens. Positive practices such as outreach to communities and mobile registration units should be utilized and the full registration of children should be a high priority.

Nationality/Identity documentation Birth registration