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Nepal

94. While the Special Rapporteur notes that citizenship certificates are the primary document that gives individuals a legal identity in Nepal, he received information that more than 4 million people in Nepal are at present without citizenship certificates. (...) In particular, women,...

94. While the Special Rapporteur notes that citizenship certificates are the primary document that gives individuals a legal identity in Nepal, he received information that more than 4 million people in Nepal are at present without citizenship certificates. (...) In particular, women, children born out of wedlock, or children of a refugee or naturalized parent, are deprived of part of their rights owing to a lack of citizenship certificates, as a result of limited provisions in previous legislation.

96. (...) The Special Rapporteur calls on the Government to ensure men and women have equal rights to citizenship, including the right to transfer citizenship to their children. People denied citizenship are at risk of statelessness, which denies them the protection of the State and puts them at heightened risk of violence, poverty, exploitation and other serious human rights violations.

105. (...) (d) Ratify the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness;

110. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government:

(a) Revise the current citizenship act and civil registration laws to bring them into line with the country’s international obligations, removing any discriminatory provisions

(...) 

(c) Register all Tibetan and Bhutanese refugees on its territory and provide them with proper identity documents.

Nationality/Identity documentation Gender International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Human Rights Committee (CCPR)

Norway

35. The State party should include a legal definition of stateless persons in its legislation, and establish legal and other safeguards to ensure that all children born in the State party are entitled to a nationality at birth, even if it is not the nationality of the State party, as stated...

35. The State party should include a legal definition of stateless persons in its legislation, and establish legal and other safeguards to ensure that all children born in the State party are entitled to a nationality at birth, even if it is not the nationality of the State party, as stated in general comment No. 17 (1989) on the rights of the child. It should also provide for a specific procedure to determine statelessness, in line with international standards.

Identification and determination procedures Born on territory Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Israel

118.120 Ensure that all children, whether born to migrants, asylum seekers or refugees living within its territory, have access to birth registration. 

118.120 Ensure that all children, whether born to migrants, asylum seekers or refugees living within its territory, have access to birth registration. 

Recommending State: Sierra Leone

Recommendation Noted

Birth registration
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Israel

118.121 Take the necessary measures to ensure that all children in its territory, including migrant, asylum seeker and refugee children, are issued a birth certificate. 

118.121 Take the necessary measures to ensure that all children in its territory, including migrant, asylum seeker and refugee children, are issued a birth certificate. 

Recommending State: Togo

Recommendation Noted

Birth registration
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Burundi

137.20 Expedite the ratification of the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 

137.20 Expedite the ratification of the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness

Recommending State: Sierra Leone

Recommendation Accepted

International Instruments
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Burundi

137.236 Conduct campaigns for the registration of boys and girls not registered at birth, and ensure their free registration in the civil registry at any time. 

137.236 Conduct campaigns for the registration of boys and girls not registered at birth, and ensure their free registration in the civil registry at any time. 

Recommending State: Mexico

Recommendation Accepted

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Burundi

137.213 Amend the code on persons and family and the nationality code, in order to remove the gender-based discriminatory provisions contained therein.

137.213 Amend the code on persons and family and the nationality code, in order to remove the gender-based discriminatory provisions contained therein.

Recommending State: Namibia

Recommendation Accepted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Burundi

137.214 Remove all discriminatory provisions between men and women relating to their ability to pass their nationality to their children. 

137.214 Remove all discriminatory provisions between men and women relating to their ability to pass their nationality to their children. 

Recommending State: Sierra Leone

Recommendation Accepted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Luxembourg

106.143 Consider alternatives to the detention of migrants, including individuals whose asylum claims have been rejected, and redouble efforts in the identification and reception of vulnerable persons among migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, in particular those who are stateless or have...

106.143 Consider alternatives to the detention of migrants, including individuals whose asylum claims have been rejected, and redouble efforts in the identification and reception of vulnerable persons among migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, in particular those who are stateless or have experienced torture, sexual abuse or human trafficking.

Recommending State: Brazil

Recommendation Accepted

Identification and determination procedures
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Montenegro

105.144 Introduce into law a mechanism to expedite the determination of statelessness. 

105.144 Introduce into law a mechanism to expedite the determination of statelessness

Recommending State: Namibia

Recommendation Accepted

Identification and determination procedures Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action