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Number of results found: 2282

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Bahrain

124.243 Amend its legislation and adopt all necessary legal and practical measures to prevent and reduce the statelessness of citizens.

124.243 Amend its legislation and adopt all necessary legal and practical measures to prevent and reduce the statelessness of citizens.

Recommending State: Iran

Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Bahrain

124.244 Put in place and strengthen mechanisms combating and preventing discrimination against girls, children with disabilities, children born to foreign or stateless fathers and all the vulnerable children from minority groups to avoid marginalization.

124.244 Put in place and strengthen mechanisms combating and preventing discrimination against girls, children with disabilities, children born to foreign or stateless fathers and all the vulnerable children from minority groups to avoid marginalization.

Recommending State: Gambia

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Bahrain

124.170 Repeal all discriminatory provisions against women in legislation, including on the freedom of movement and on the right to transmit nationality, to divorce and to inherit, in order to ensure gender equality.

124.170 Repeal all discriminatory provisions against women in legislation, including on the freedom of movement and on the right to transmit nationality, to divorce and to inherit, in order to ensure gender equality.

Recommending State: Belgium

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Bahrain

124.235 Amend the Citizenship Law prohibiting the passage of citizenship from a woman to her child.

124.235 Amend the Citizenship Law prohibiting the passage of citizenship from a woman to her child.

Recommending State: Sierra Leone

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Bahrain

124.241 Implement all necessary legislative and administrative measures to allow Bahraini women married to foreigners to transfer their nationality to their children without restriction. 

124.241 Implement all necessary legislative and administrative measures to allow Bahraini women married to foreigners to transfer their nationality to their children without restriction. 

Recommending State: Uruguay

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Bahrain

124.242 Provide legal guarantees to stateless persons to obtain Bahraini nationality, including through the adoption of laws that allow women to transmit nationality to their children.

124.242 Provide legal guarantees to stateless persons to obtain Bahraini nationality, including through the adoption of laws that allow women to transmit nationality to their children.

Recommending State: Costa Rica

Remedy/Reparation Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Bahrain

124.239 Amend the Citizenship Law and other relevant legislation to allow women to transfer Bahraini nationality to their children without restriction and on an equal basis with men.

124.239 Amend the Citizenship Law and other relevant legislation to allow women to transfer Bahraini nationality to their children without restriction and on an equal basis with men.

Recommending State: Canada

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Bahrain

124.233 Take steps to end discrimination against women, including by allowing Bahraini women to transfer their Bahraini citizenship to their children.

124.233 Take steps to end discrimination against women, including by allowing Bahraini women to transfer their Bahraini citizenship to their children.

Recommending State: Norway

Gender
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

South Africa

143.4 – Accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness with a view to address issues therein. 

143.4 – Accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness with a view to address issues therein. 

Recommending State: Angola

Recommendation Noted

International Instruments
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

South Africa

143.260 Guarantee every child's right to immediate, free birth registration and certification, regardless of their parents' status in accordance with Article 7 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

143.260 Guarantee every child's right to immediate, free birth registration and certification, regardless of their parents' status in accordance with Article 7 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Recommending State: Belgium

Recommendation Noted

Birth registration