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: 2787

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

92.44. Take the necessary measures to ensure universal birth registration, regardless of the immigration status of the parents.

92.44. Take the necessary measures to ensure universal birth registration, regardless of the immigration status of the parents.

Recommending State: Mexico

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

92.39. Strengthen the resources given to the Office of Women's Affairs and consider the possibility of complying with the recommendations of UNHCR and CEDAW, concerning the abolition of the legal provisions that prevent the transmission of nationality to Bahamian women.

92.39. Strengthen the resources given to the Office of Women's Affairs and consider the possibility of complying with the recommendations of UNHCR and CEDAW, concerning the abolition of the legal provisions that prevent the transmission of nationality to Bahamian women.

Recommending State: Paraguay

Recommendation Accepted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action Implementing measures - Other

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

92.42. Consider revising relevant legislation on the matter of transfer of nationality from parents to children to ensure equal rights between men and women.

92.42. Consider revising relevant legislation on the matter of transfer of nationality from parents to children to ensure equal rights between men and women.

Recommending State: Thailand

Recommendation Accepted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

120.22 Ratify the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

120.22 Ratify the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Recommending State: Slovakia

Recommendation Noted

International Instruments

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

119.5. Ratify the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and take concrete steps at national level to prevent and eliminate the causes that lead to statelessness.

119.5. Ratify the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and take concrete steps at national level to prevent and eliminate the causes that lead to statelessness.

Recommending State: Germany

Recommendation Accepted

International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

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

119.6. Ratify the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

119.6. Ratify the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Recommending State: Austria

Recommendation Accepted

International Instruments

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

117.32. Continue the efforts to achieve an effective registration of all births, with special attention to children belonging to ethnic minorities.

117.32. Continue the efforts to achieve an effective registration of all births, with special attention to children belonging to ethnic minorities.

Recommending State: Holy See

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

119.10. Simplify the procedure for birth registration of persons born outside health-care institutions to contribute to measures carried out to eliminate discrimination.

119.10. Simplify the procedure for birth registration of persons born outside health-care institutions to contribute to measures carried out to eliminate discrimination.

Recommending State: Mexico

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration

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