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: 2530

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

138.25. Consider the recommendation made by UNHCR to ratifying the Conventions relating to refugees and stateless persons.

138.25. Consider the recommendation made by UNHCR to ratifying the Conventions relating to refugees and stateless persons.

Recommending State: Ghana

Recommendation Accepted

International Instruments

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

138.131. Take the necessary measures to ensure birth registration on a universal basis, particularly for persons living in extreme poverty, belonging to religious minorities or in remote areas.

138.131. Take the necessary measures to ensure birth registration on a universal basis, particularly for persons living in extreme poverty, belonging to religious minorities or in remote areas.

Recommending State: Mexico

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

129.9. Ensure free and effective birth registration for all children.

129.9. Ensure free and effective birth registration for all children.

Recommending State: Portugal

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

124.151. Ensure that all children are issued with a birth certificate in order to access various social services, with particular focus on children of migrants.

124.151. Ensure that all children are issued with a birth certificate in order to access various social services, with particular focus on children of migrants.

Recommending State: Slovakia

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

124.150. Carry out the necessary measures to eliminate the barriers that impede the birth registration of all persons born in South African territory, including migrants and refugees.

124.150. Carry out the necessary measures to eliminate the barriers that impede the birth registration of all persons born in South African territory, including migrants and refugees.

Recommending State: Mexico

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

119.129 Regularly foster awareness on birth registration at national and local levels, particularly through the organization of public campaigns to highlight the importance of birth-registration.

119.129 Regularly foster awareness on birth registration at national and local levels, particularly through the organization of public campaigns to highlight the importance of birth-registration.

Recommending State: Uruguay

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

115.95. Adopt legislation that allows children of Bahraini mothers and non-Bahraini fathers to obtain Bahraini nationality.

115.95. Adopt legislation that allows children of Bahraini mothers and non-Bahraini fathers to obtain Bahraini nationality.

Recommending State: Uruguay

Recommendation Accepted

Access to nationality/Naturalization Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

115.142. Speed up the reforms on the legislation for citizenship for children of Bahraini mother and non-Bahraini father.

115.142. Speed up the reforms on the legislation for citizenship for children of Bahraini mother and non-Bahraini father.

Recommending State: Algeria

Recommendation Accepted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

115.141. Enact law providing for full citizenship rights for the children of Bahrain mothers and non-Bahrain fathers.

115.141. Enact law providing for full citizenship rights for the children of Bahrain mothers and non-Bahrain fathers.

Recommending State: Norway

Recommendation Accepted

Access to nationality/Naturalization Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

115.140. Continue to take the vital steps to grant citizenship to children of Bahraini mothers in the same fashion as children of Bahraini fathers as CEDAW and the CRC have pointed out.

115.140. Continue to take the vital steps to grant citizenship to children of Bahraini mothers in the same fashion as children of Bahraini fathers as CEDAW and the CRC have pointed out.

Recommending State: Japan

Recommendation Accepted

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