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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

Eritrea

128. Follow upon the recommendation of the Committee on the Rights of Child to seek technical assistance from UNICEF on specific areas, including improving access to education for women and girls and in increasing the rate of registrations births. 

128. Follow upon the recommendation of the Committee on the Rights of Child to seek technical assistance from UNICEF on specific areas, including improving access to education for women and girls and in increasing the rate of registrations births. 

Recommending State: Malaysia

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration
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Doc. A/HRC/13/2
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

Ethiopia

43. Take measures to achieve timely registration of all births and create an adequate and credible birth registration system. 

43. Take measures to achieve timely registration of all births and create an adequate and credible birth registration system. 

Recommending State: Poland

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration
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Doc. A/HRC/13/17
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

Ethiopia

9. Ensure effective birth registration of all children, raise the age of criminal responsibility in compliance with CRC and adopt specific measures to strengthen protection of human rights of children from vulnerable groups, such as children in detention, internally displaced children and...

9. Ensure effective birth registration of all children, raise the age of criminal responsibility in compliance with CRC and adopt specific measures to strengthen protection of human rights of children from vulnerable groups, such as children in detention, internally displaced children and children of refugees. 

Recommending State: Czechia

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration
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Doc. A/HRC/13/17
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

Dominican Republic

29. Make more efforts to guarantee the right of all children to be registered immediately after birth through a simplified and inclusive procedure, thus allowing them access to basic social services such as education and health. 

29. Make more efforts to guarantee the right of all children to be registered immediately after birth through a simplified and inclusive procedure, thus allowing them access to basic social services such as education and health. 

Recommending State: Uruguay

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration
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Doc. A/HRC/13/3
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

Dominican Republic

11. Ratify the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and sign and ratify the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons. 

11. Ratify the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and sign and ratify the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons. 

Recommending State: Canada

Recommendation Accepted

International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/13/3
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

Dominican Republic

4. Adopt measures to ensure that Dominican of Haitian descent are not denied citizenship or access to civil and birth registration procedures and are not arbitrarily subject to retroactive cancellation of birth and identity documents. 

4. Adopt measures to ensure that Dominican of Haitian descent are not denied citizenship or access to civil and birth registration procedures and are not arbitrarily subject to retroactive cancellation of birth and identity documents. 

Recommending State: United States of America

Recommendation Noted

Loss/Deprivation Access to nationality/Naturalization Birth registration
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Doc. A/HRC/13/3
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

Dominican Republic

43. Work with the Government of Haiti to ensure Haitians living in the Dominican Republic have adequate access to civil and birth registration mechanisms in order to establish the Haitian citizenship. 

43. Work with the Government of Haiti to ensure Haitians living in the Dominican Republic have adequate access to civil and birth registration mechanisms in order to establish the Haitian citizenship. 

Recommending State: United States of America

Recommendation Accepted

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Doc. A/HRC/13/3
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

Dominican Republic

2. Cancel all retroactive measures taken to replace the principle of jus soli with the principle of jus sanguinis for the acquisition of nationality. 

2. Cancel all retroactive measures taken to replace the principle of jus soli with the principle of jus sanguinis for the acquisition of nationality. 

Recommending State: Spain

Recommendation Noted

Access to nationality/Naturalization Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. A/HRC/13/3
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

Viet Nam

5. Consider ratifying the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, the Conventions relating to the Status of Refugees and the Status of Stateless Persons and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. 

5. Consider ratifying the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, the Conventions relating to the Status of Refugees and the Status of Stateless Persons and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. 

Recommending State: Argentina

Recommendation Accepted

International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/12/11
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

North Macedonia

8. Put in place a national comprehensive plan for civil status registration and the right to identity, which includes awareness raising-campaigns for parents, guardians and other responsible persons, which will help to speed up the registration of births. 

8. Put in place a national comprehensive plan for civil status registration and the right to identity, which includes awareness raising-campaigns for parents, guardians and other responsible persons, which will help to speed up the registration of births. 

Recommending State: Argentina

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration
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Doc. A/HRC/12/15