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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

Bangladesh

15. Amend, if necessary, the relevant discriminatory legal provision concerning the transfer of citizenship to children of women in mixed marriages. 

15. Amend, if necessary, the relevant discriminatory legal provision concerning the transfer of citizenship to children of women in mixed marriages. 

Recommending State: Czechia

Recommendation Accepted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. A/HRC/11/18
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

Bangladesh

16. Intensify its efforts to implement without delay existing laws concerning the protection of the rights of the child, including the births and deaths registration Act of 2004. 

16. Intensify its efforts to implement without delay existing laws concerning the protection of the rights of the child, including the births and deaths registration Act of 2004. 

Recommending State: Italy

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration
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Doc. A/HRC/11/18
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

Djibouti

24. Enhance the efforts being carried out by Djibouti in the areas of child labour, sexual exploitation and begging among children, as well as the low level of births registered in rural areas. 

24. Enhance the efforts being carried out by Djibouti in the areas of child labour,
sexual exploitation and begging among children, as well as the low level of births
registered in rural areas. 

Recommending State: Turkey

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration
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Doc. A/HRC/11/16
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

Djibouti

5. Adopt and implement the legislation and policies concerning children, especially concerning birth registration, violence against children, juvenile justice, street children to name just a few. 

5. Adopt and implement the legislation and policies concerning children, especially concerning birth registration, violence against children, juvenile justice, street children to name just a few. 

Recommending State: Slovenia

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration
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Doc. A/HRC/11/16
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

United Arab Emirates

4. To consider the possibility of introducing amendments to national laws on citizenship, so that female citizens married to non-citizens can pass on their nationality to their children in the same way that male citizens married to non-citizens do.

4. To consider the possibility of introducing amendments to national laws on citizenship, so that female citizens married to non-citizens can pass on their nationality to their children in the same way that male citizens married to non-citizens do.

Recommending State: Germany

Recommendation Noted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. A/HRC/10/75
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

Colombia

62. Adopt measures ensuring effective national birth registration, including through programmes of mobile registration units and registration of those without documentation. 

62. Adopt measures ensuring effective national birth registration, including through programmes of mobile registration units and registration of those without documentation. 

Recommending State: Czechia

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration
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Doc. A/HRC/10/82
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

Burundi

38. Strengthen efforts to ensure that all newborn children are officially registered. 

38. Strengthen efforts to ensure that all newborn children are officially registered. 

Recommending State: Czechia

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration
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Doc. A/HRC/10/71
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

The Bahamas

7. To take necessary measures, as recommended by the Committee on the Rights of the Child, to prevent child abuse and neglect and increase efforts to ensure the registration of all children at birth. 

7. To take necessary measures, as recommended by the Committee on the Rights of the Child, to prevent child abuse and neglect and increase efforts to ensure the registration of all children at birth. 

Recommending State: Italy

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration
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Doc. A/HRC/10/70
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

Montenegro

19. Clarify the legal status of refugees from neighbouring States, with a focus on the prevention of statelessness. 

19. Clarify the legal status of refugees from neighbouring States, with a focus on the prevention of statelessness. 

Recommending State: Slovenia

Recommendation Accepted

Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. A/HRC/10/74
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1st

Ukraine

1. To redouble its efforts and ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families the Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons of 1954 and the 1961 Convention to Reduce Statelessness. 

1. To redouble its efforts and ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families the Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons of 1954 and the 1961 Convention to Reduce Statelessness. 

Recommending State: Mexico

Recommendation Noted

International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/8/45