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Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)

Colombia

19. (...) The Committee recommends that the State party take immediate measures to ensure that all children born in the State party are registered, in particular in rural areas and among indigenous and Afro-Colombian peoples and internally displaced persons. The Committee also recommends...

19. (...) The Committee recommends that the State party take immediate measures to ensure that all children born in the State party are registered, in particular in rural areas and among indigenous and Afro-Colombian peoples and internally displaced persons. The Committee also recommends that the State party complete the modernization of its Civil Registry, and provide sufficient resources to the National Registry’s Office to facilitate the registration in rural areas and by internally displaced persons.  

Birth registration
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Doc. E/C.12/COL/CO/5
Committee against Torture (CAT)

Jordan

24. (...) The Committee calls upon the State party to put an end to its arbitrary withdrawal of nationality from Jordanians of Palestinian origin.

24. (...) The Committee calls upon the State party to put an end to its arbitrary withdrawal of nationality from Jordanians of Palestinian origin.

Loss/Deprivation Race/Ethnicity
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Doc. CAT/C/JOR/CO/2
Committee against Torture (CAT)

Syria

17. While noting with appreciation the State party’s generous policy to admit and grant permission to stay to a significant number of nationals from Iraq and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, the Committee is concerned at the absence in the State party of a national procedure for the...

17. While noting with appreciation the State party’s generous policy to admit and grant permission to stay to a significant number of nationals from Iraq and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, the Committee is concerned at the absence in the State party of a national procedure for the determination of refugee status and that the national legislation on aliens does not recognize any special status attributed by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The Committee notes with concern that the State party has not acceded to the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (1951) and the Optional Protocol (1967) thereto, nor to the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons (1954) or to the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (1961) (arts. 2, 3, 11 and 16).

The State party should establish a national procedure for determination of refugee status and amend its national legislation to recognize special status attributed by UNHCR. The Committee recommends that the State party consider becoming party to the Refugee Convention, the Optional Protocol thereto and other related international legal instruments.

8. The Committee is deeply concerned at numerous reports of torture, ill-treatment, death in custody and incommunicado detention of people belonging to the Kurdish minority, in large part stateless, in particular political activists of Kurdish origins. The Committee is further concerned that convictions of some Kurdish detainees pronounced by military courts have been passed on vague charges of “weakening national sentiment” or “spreading false or exaggerated information”. Moreover, the Committee notes with concern reports of a growing trend of deaths of Kurdish conscripts who have died while carrying out their mandatory military service and whose bodies were returned to the families with evidence of severe injuries (arts. 1, 2, 12 and 16).

The State party should take urgent measures to ensure prompt, thorough, impartial and effective investigation into all allegations of torture, ill-treatment, death in custody, death during military service and incommunicado detention of people belonging to the Kurdish minority, in particular of political activists of Kurdish origins, and to prosecute and punish law enforcement, security, intelligence and prison officials who carried out, ordered or acquiesced in such practices. (...)

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Detention International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. CAT/C/SYR/CO/1
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Japan

16. (...) The Committee recommends that the State party develop an approach where the identity of non-Japanese nationals seeking naturalization is respected and that officials, application forms and publications dealing with the naturalization process refrain from using language that...

16. (...) The Committee recommends that the State party develop an approach where the identity of non-Japanese nationals seeking naturalization is respected and that officials, application forms and publications dealing with the naturalization process refrain from using language that persuades applicants to adopt Japanese names and characters for fear of disadvantages or discrimination. 

27. Bearing in mind the indivisibility of all human rights, the Committee encourages the State party to consider ratifying those international human rights treaties which it has not yet ratified, in particular treaties the provisions of which have a direct bearing on the subject of racial discrimination, such as (...) the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (...). 

Access to nationality/Naturalization International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. CERD/C/JPN/CO/3-6
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Cambodia

18. (...) The Committee recommends that the State party ensure that each individual Khmer Krom who seeks to affirm and document his/her citizenship is able to obtain citizenship documents in a timely manner and under identical and equal procedures that exist for all persons deemed to be...

18. (...) The Committee recommends that the State party ensure that each individual Khmer Krom who seeks to affirm and document his/her citizenship is able to obtain citizenship documents in a timely manner and under identical and equal procedures that exist for all persons deemed to be Cambodian citizens.

19. (...) Considering that the name of an individual is a fundamental aspect of the cultural and ethnic identity and that personal histories, including date and place of birth, are also part of this identity, the Committee strongly recommends that the State party take the necessary measures to ensure that Khmer Krom who seek to confirm their citizenship fully enjoy their rights to record their true name and place of birth if they so choose.

Nationality/Identity documentation
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Doc. CERD/C/KHM/CO/8-13
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Cameroon

16 (...) The Committee recommends that the State party prevent and eliminate the discrimination faced by indigenous children in the exercise of their right to education. In particular, the Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Guarantee indigenous children’s access to all levels...

16 (...) The Committee recommends that the State party prevent and eliminate the discrimination faced by indigenous children in the exercise of their right to education. In particular, the Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Guarantee indigenous children’s access to all levels and all forms of State education, without discrimination, in particular by guaranteeing free access to primary schools and the availability of the birth certificates necessary for enrolment; 

(...)

Birth registration
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Doc. CERD/C/CMR/CO/15-18
Committee against Torture (CAT)

Moldova

30. The Committee recommends that the State party also consider becoming a party to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the...

30. The Committee recommends that the State party also consider becoming a party to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. (...)

International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. CAT/C/MDA/CO/2
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

Angola

97. To adopt further effective measures and policies aimed at increasing the number of registered births. 

97. To adopt further effective measures and policies aimed at increasing the number of registered births. 

Recommending State: Japan

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration
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Doc. A/HRC/14/11
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

Bosnia and Herzegovina

31. To eliminate discriminatory provisions from the Constitution; to adopt comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation including, inter alia, protection against discrimination based on sex or gender; to strengthen the protection of persons against statelessness; and to adopt measures to...

31. To eliminate discriminatory provisions from the Constitution; to adopt comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation including, inter alia, protection against discrimination based on sex or gender; to strengthen the protection of persons against statelessness; and to adopt measures to guarantee universal birth registration under all circumstances, including for Roma children. 

Recommending State: Czechia

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/14/16
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

Slovenia

84. To adopt further measures to facilitate access for “erased persons” to Slovenian citizenship. 

84. To adopt further measures to facilitate access for “erased persons” to Slovenian citizenship. 

Recommending State: Czechia

Recommendation Noted

Remedy/Reparation
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Doc. A/HRC/14/15