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Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Central African Republic

5. The Committee regrets the limited implementation of its previous recommendations of 2000 (CRC/C/15/Add.138) and recommends that the State party take all measures necessary to address its previous recommendations, in particular those related to policy and coordination (para. 17),...

5. The Committee regrets the limited implementation of its previous recommendations of 2000 (CRC/C/15/Add.138) and recommends that the State party take all measures necessary to address its previous recommendations, in particular those related to policy and coordination (para. 17), monitoring (para. 21), discrimination (para. 29), right to a name and nationality (para. 37), health (para. 55), standard of living (para. 69), education (para. 71), child labour (para. 79) and children in armed conflict (para. 83). 

33. Taking note of target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals on providing legal identity for all, including birth registration, the Committee urges the State party to:

(a) Prioritize measures to ensure that effective birth registration is available to all children, both in urban and rural areas;

(b)  Take all measures necessary to provide free birth registration;

(c)  Consider reviewing, or suspending, article 134 of the Family Code to ensure that children are still able to be registered without penalties after the one- month period allowed;

(d) Intensify its efforts to raise awareness among the population in general, and mothers in particular, of the importance of birth registration;

(e) Provide training to registration officials and equip them with the necessary technical resources;

(f) Seek technical assistance from UNDP and UNICEF, among others, for the implementation of these recommendations. 

69. With reference to the Committee’s general comment No. 11 (2009) on indigenous children and their rights under the Convention, the Committee urges the State party to: 

(b) Provide all pygmy children with birth certificates and identity documents and promote their access to health and education services; 

Nationality/Identity documentation Birth registration Implementing measures - Other
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Serbia

31. The Committee recommends that the State party ensure full implementation of the new regulations that enable immediate birth registration of children whose parents do not have personal documents, and initiate procedures to establish the nationality of children born to stateless parents or...

31. The Committee recommends that the State party ensure full implementation of the new regulations that enable immediate birth registration of children whose parents do not have personal documents, and initiate procedures to establish the nationality of children born to stateless parents or those whose nationality is unknown. 

57. In the light of general comment No. 6 (2005) on treatment of unaccompanied and separated children outside their country of origin, the Committee recommends that the State party: 

(e) Guarantee the right to acquire Serbian citizenship for all children currently residing in the State party who would otherwise be stateless, regardless of their own, or their parents’, legal status. 

Nationality - Other Birth registration
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Malawi

18. Taking note of target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals to provide, by 2030, legal identity for all, including birth registration, the Committee urges the State party to: (a) Effectively implement the National Registration Act, enforced as of 2015, making birth registration...

18. Taking note of target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals to provide, by 2030, legal identity for all, including birth registration, the Committee urges the State party to:

(a) Effectively implement the National Registration Act, enforced as of 2015, making birth registration compulsory and universal;

(b) Consider developing mobile registration structures and creating mechanisms for registration at the traditional authority level, to ensure that the registration service is accessible to all;

(c) Expedite the scaling-up of health facility-based birth registrations;

(d) Develop and implement awareness-raising campaigns and programmes for the general public on birth registration and encourage parents to register their children;

(e) Consider ratifying the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of the Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, and bring its national legislation in line with these international instruments (see CRC/C/MWI/CO/2, para. 65 (d)). 

39. The Committee recommends that the State party: 

(e)  Consider withdrawing reservations to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, particularly on the right of association (art. 15), which limits the freedom of movement and place of residence, on public education (art. 22) and on naturalization (art. 34), which has been used to deny most of the applications by refugees to residence permits. 

Access to nationality/Naturalization Birth registration International Instruments
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Barbados

30. Taking into account target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals on providing legal identity for all, including birth registration, the Committee recommends that the State party amend its Citizenship Act and establish safeguards to prevent children from being stateless. It also...

30. Taking into account target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals on providing legal identity for all, including birth registration, the Committee recommends that the State party amend its Citizenship Act and establish safeguards to prevent children from being stateless. It also recommends that the State party consider withdrawing its reservation to the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and consider ratifying the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 

International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

22. Taking note of target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals on providing legal identity for all, including birth registration, the Committee strongly urges the State party to: (a) Raise awareness among its population, especially those in rural areas and conflict-affected territories...

22. Taking note of target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals on providing legal identity for all, including birth registration, the Committee strongly urges the State party to:

(a) Raise awareness among its population, especially those in rural areas and conflict-affected territories, of the importance of birth registration;

(b) Provide easy and timely access to civil registration offices, including by initiating mobile registration services and increasing the number of registration centres;

(c) Provide the human, technical and financial resources necessary for the effective functioning of registration offices;

(d) Consider ratifying the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness

Birth registration International Instruments
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Italy

22. (...) (e) Ensure that the national strategy for the inclusion of Roma, Sinti and Camminanti communities for the period 2012-2020 leads to concrete and tangible improvement of the enjoyment of their rights by Roma, Sinti and Camminanti, including by eliminating statelessness, (...)

22. (...)

(e) Ensure that the national strategy for the inclusion of Roma, Sinti and Camminanti communities for the period 2012-2020 leads to concrete and tangible improvement of the enjoyment of their rights by Roma, Sinti and Camminanti, including by eliminating statelessness, (...)

Remedy/Reparation
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Turkmenistan

5. (...)  The Committee further requests data on the composition of the prison population by age, sex, ethnicity and offence, and updated statistical data on the numbers of non-citizens, including stateless persons, migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, in the State party. (...) 17....

5. (...)  The Committee further requests data on the composition of the prison population by age, sex, ethnicity and offence, and updated statistical data on the numbers of non-citizens, including stateless persons, migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, in the State party. (...)

17. Recalling its general recommendations No. 30 (2004) on discrimination against non-citizens and No. 22 (1996) on refugees and displaced persons in the context of article 5 of the Convention and refugees and displaced persons, the Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Ensure that non-citizens have access to education, housing, health care, employment and birth registration in the territory of Turkmenistan without discrimination;

(...)

19. The Committee recommends that the State party continue to take expeditious measures to reduce statelessness and to ensure that stateless persons in the State party have access to basic rights and services. The Committee requests that the State party provide in its next periodic report updated information about the number of stateless persons in the State party and their ability to access basic rights and services.

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Birth registration Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting
Committee against Torture (CAT)

Namibia

27. The Committee recommends that the State party: (...) (b) Ratify the 1969 Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa and accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness;  (....

27. The Committee recommends that the State party:

(...)

(b) Ratify the 1969 Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa and accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness

(...)

International Instruments

Sri Lanka

55. Many Plantation Tamils were deprived of citizenship and rendered stateless under the policies of successive Sinhalese Governments, and therefore excluded from any participation in public or political life until as recently as 2003 when the Grant of Citizenship to Persons of Indian Origin...

55. Many Plantation Tamils were deprived of citizenship and rendered stateless under the policies of successive Sinhalese Governments, and therefore excluded from any participation in public or political life until as recently as 2003 when the Grant of Citizenship to Persons of Indian Origin Act was enacted. Many of them experience difficulties in registering to vote, as well as in obtaining basic documents such as birth, death and marriage certificates and national identity cards. (...)

Lack of documents/Access to documentation Loss/Deprivation
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Togo

26. Recalling its general recommendations No. 22 (1996) on article 5 and refugees and displaced persons and No. 30 (2004) on discrimination against non-citizens, the Committee recommends that the State party: (...) (b) Take the measures required to ensure for all non-citizens in its...

26. Recalling its general recommendations No. 22 (1996) on article 5 and refugees and displaced persons and No. 30 (2004) on discrimination against non-citizens, the Committee recommends that the State party:

(...)

(b) Take the measures required to ensure for all non-citizens in its territory equal access to the exercise of their economic, social and cultural rights, particularly for stateless persons;

(c) Complete the ratification process for the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and consider ratifying the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

28. The Committee recommends that the State party adopt the new nationality code as soon as possible. The Committee requests the State party to provide in its next periodic report precise and disaggregated data on persons who have applied for Togolese nationality, the number of applications accepted, the number denied and, if applicable, the reasons for denial.

Protection/Enjoyment of rights International Instruments Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action