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