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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Papua New Guinea

104.74 Improve further the registration system and support it by awareness-raising activities, in order to sustain the rise in registration numbers. 

104.74 Improve further the registration system and support it by awareness-raising activities, in order to sustain the rise in registration numbers. 

Recommending State: Türkiye

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Eswatini

109.31 Align national laws in accordance with the principles outlined in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women to address women’s rights, which include land acquisition, equality and citizenship of children. 

109.31 Align national laws in accordance with the principles outlined in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women to address women’s rights, which include land acquisition, equality and citizenship of children. 

Recommending State: Botswana

Recommendation Noted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Eswatini

109.34 Modify articles 43 and 44 of the Constitution so that Swazi women, in the same way as men, can transmit their nationality to their children and their foreign spouses. 

109.34 Modify articles 43 and 44 of the Constitution so that Swazi women, in the same way as men, can transmit their nationality to their children and their foreign spouses. 

Recommending State: Djibouti

Recommendation Noted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Eswatini

109.32 Enact legislation to ensure the ability of all Swazi citizens, regardless of their sex, to confer citizenship upon their children. 

109.32 Enact legislation to ensure the ability of all Swazi citizens, regardless of their sex, to confer citizenship upon their children. 

Recommending State: Australia

Recommendation Noted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Eswatini

109.35 Modify its national laws to ensure that mothers can pass on nationality to their offspring regardless of the nationality of the father. 

109.35 Modify its national laws to ensure that mothers can pass on nationality to their offspring regardless of the nationality of the father. 

Recommending State: Sierra Leone

Recommendation Noted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Eswatini

109.28 Repeal discriminatory provisions in the Constitution and Citizenship Acts. 

109.28 Repeal discriminatory provisions in the Constitution and Citizenship Acts. 

Recommending State: Ghana

Recommendation Noted

Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Eswatini

109.33 Consider amending its domestic laws to grant women equal rights with men with regard to transmission of their nationality to their children. 

109.33 Consider amending its domestic laws to grant women equal rights with men with regard to transmission of their nationality to their children. 

Recommending State: South Korea

Recommendation Noted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Eswatini

109.36 Amend legislation that denies Swazi citizenship to children born of foreign fathers. 

109.36 Amend legislation that denies Swazi citizenship to children born of foreign fathers. 

Recommending State: Honduras

Recommendation Noted

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

United Kingdom

34. The Committee recommends that the State party encourage its overseas territories to revise the local legislation and the British Nationality Act in order to guarantee the right of migrant children, in particular those children born in the territories, to a birth certificate.

34. The Committee recommends that the State party encourage its overseas territories to revise the local legislation and the British Nationality Act in order to guarantee the right of migrant children, in particular those children born in the territories, to a birth certificate.

Birth registration
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Samoa

29. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Strengthen its efforts to implement free and early birth registration procedures and to issue birth certificates and that it place a special focus on children in rural areas; (b) Improve the registration of births occurring outside...

29. The Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Strengthen its efforts to implement free and early birth registration procedures and to issue birth certificates and that it place a special focus on children in rural areas;

(b) Improve the registration of births occurring outside hospital facilities and consider the use of mobile birth registration teams to cover remote communities;

(c) Ensure the accuracy of registration details for babies born to young and unwed mothers;

(d) Develop strategies to change the social mindset and negative attitudes towards unwed mothers;

(e) Provide the financial, human and technical resources necessary to improve the efficiency of the new computerized registration system;

(f) Launch extensive awareness-raising programmes on the importance of birth registration and the process by which children are registered.

Birth registration