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Number of results found: 2530

Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Mongolia

20. While noting the high rate of birth registration reported by the State party, the Committee draws the attention to target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals on providing a legal identity for all, including birth registration, and recommends that the State party:  (a) Strengthen...

20. While noting the high rate of birth registration reported by the State party, the Committee draws the attention to target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals on providing a legal identity for all, including birth registration, and recommends that the State party: 

(a) Strengthen efforts to provide all children with a legal identity through birth registration, including Kazakh children, those who migrate within the territory of the State party and those who were born at home or without midwife support;

(b) Take all necessary measures to grant Mongolian citizenship to all children residing in the State party who would otherwise be stateless, particularly Kazakh children who have returned to Mongolia;

(c) Consider ratifying the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons of 1954 and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness of 1961 and bring its legislation in line with these international instruments. 

(Forced) migration context Birth registration International Instruments
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Tunisia

125.174 Continue to reform laws to ensure that no one, especially children, will be left stateless. 

125.174 Continue to reform laws to ensure that no one, especially children, will be left stateless

Recommending State: Kenya

Recommendation Accepted

Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Ecuador

118.136 Continue strengthening universal birth registration services in the country, ensuring that they are free and accessible to all. 

118.136 Continue strengthening universal birth registration services in the country, ensuring that they are free and accessible to all. 

Recommending State: Slovakia

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Ecuador

118.157 Expedite the introduction of a statelessness determination procedure and ensure that it is in line with international standards and guidance from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. 

118.157 Expedite the introduction of a statelessness determination procedure and ensure that it is in line with international standards and guidance from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. 

Recommending State: Slovakia

Recommendation Accepted

Identification and determination procedures
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Bahrain

114.150 Finalize the draft law amending certain provisions of the 1963 citizenship act to enable Bahraini women married to non-Bahraini men to confer their nationality on their children without any conditions. 

114.150 Finalize the draft law amending certain provisions of the 1963 citizenship act to enable Bahraini women married to non-Bahraini men to confer their nationality on their children without any conditions. 

Recommending State: Botswana

Recommendation Accepted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Bahrain

114.175 End the practice of revocation of citizenship, adopt legal and institutional safeguards to prevent discrimination against members of religious minorities and provide effective remedy for victims of arbitrary arrest, detention, summons or travel bans. 

114.175 End the practice of revocation of citizenship, adopt legal and institutional safeguards to prevent discrimination against members of religious minorities and provide effective remedy for victims of arbitrary arrest, detention, summons or travel bans. 

Recommending State: Czechia

Recommendation Noted

Loss/Deprivation
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Bahrain

114.152 Deploy all necessary measures to ensure the quick adoption and implementation of the law on nationality to give nationality to children of Bahraini women married to foreigners. 

114.152 Deploy all necessary measures to ensure the quick adoption and implementation of the law on nationality to give nationality to children of Bahraini women married to foreigners. 

Recommending State: Uruguay

Recommendation Accepted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Bahrain

114.71 Amend the 2006 law on protecting society from terrorist acts to avoid imposing statelessness on individuals and minimize the negative impact on the families of those affected. 

114.71 Amend the 2006 law on protecting society from terrorist acts to avoid imposing statelessness on individuals and minimize the negative impact on the families of those affected. 

Recommending State: Germany

Recommendation Noted

Loss/Deprivation Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Bahrain

114.173 Amend article 10 (c) of the 1963 citizenship act to bring it into line with international standards. 

114.173 Amend article 10 (c) of the 1963 citizenship act to bring it into line with international standards. 

Recommending State: Belgium

Recommendation Noted

Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Bahrain

114.150 Expedite the legal procedures relating to the Bahraini nationality act of 1963, thus allowing citizenship to be granted, without restrictions, to children of Bahraini women married to foreigners. 

114.150 Expedite the legal procedures relating to the Bahraini nationality act of 1963, thus allowing citizenship to be granted, without restrictions, to children of Bahraini women married to foreigners. 

Recommending State: Sierra Leone

Recommendation Accepted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action