ISI Database on Statelessness and
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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

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

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;

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Birth registration

Committee against Torture (CAT)

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

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

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

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

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

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

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

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

35. Facilitate for all children born to Iranian mothers access to a birth certificate and Iranian nationality, regardless of the nationality of the father.

35. Facilitate for all children born to Iranian mothers access to a birth certificate and Iranian nationality, regardless of the nationality of the father.

Recommending State: Mexico

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration Gender

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

121. Continue to pay close attention to its obligations under international humanitarian and international human rights law, including with respect to foreign nationals and stateless persons.

121. Continue to pay close attention to its obligations under international humanitarian and international human rights law, including with respect to foreign nationals and stateless persons.

Recommending State: Australia

Recommendation Accepted

International Instruments

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

8. To review the Family Code and the law on nationality, in particular to ensure gender equality in the area of divorce and the acquisition of nationality by affiliation.

8. To review the Family Code and the law on nationality, in particular to ensure gender equality in the area of divorce and the acquisition of nationality by affiliation.

Recommending State: France

Recommendation Noted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

3. To review its reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women with a view to withdrawing them, especially the reservation to the right of a child to obtain Qatari nationality from a Qatari women married to a foreign man.

3. To review its reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women with a view to withdrawing them, especially the reservation to the right of a child to obtain Qatari nationality from a Qatari women married to a foreign man.

Recommending State: Netherlands

Recommendation Noted

Gender International Instruments

Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

34. The Committee recommends that the State party continue and strengthen its efforts to register all children, with a special focus on children in remote areas and from herder families, including the opportunity for late registration free of charge.

34. The Committee recommends that the State party continue and strengthen its efforts to register all children, with a special focus on children in remote areas and from herder families, including the opportunity for late registration free of charge.

Birth registration