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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Cote d'Ivoire

140.207 Reinforce measures to facilitate the birth registration of a higher number of internally displaced persons, especially children. 

140.207 Reinforce measures to facilitate the birth registration of a higher number of internally displaced persons, especially children. 

Recommending State: Angola

Recommendation Accepted

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Doc. A/HRC/42/6
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Tonga

30. Taking note of target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Improve the efficiency of the registration process to ensure that information is accurate, particularly for births that take place outside of hospital facilities, and...

30. Taking note of target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Improve the efficiency of the registration process to ensure that information is accurate, particularly for births that take place outside of hospital facilities, and ensure the accuracy of registration details for babies born to young or unmarried mothers;

(b) Strengthen capacity of health personnel on the outer islands to ensure that all births are accurately recorded;

(c) Repeal the reregistration provision in the Legitimacy Act, which requires children born to unmarried parents to be reregistered as a “legitimate child” after the marriage of the parents;

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

Birth registration International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/TON/CO/1
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Norway

140.241 Consider incorporating into domestic law the definition of a stateless person and establishing a statelessness determination procedure, in accordance with the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons. 

140.241 Consider incorporating into domestic law the definition of a stateless person and establishing a statelessness determination procedure, in accordance with the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons. 

Recommending State: Brazil

Recommendation Noted

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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/42/3
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Singapore

23. Reiterating its previous recommendation (CRC/C/SGP/CO/2-3, para. 36) and taking note of target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Take immediate and concrete steps to ensure that all Singaporean mothers can transfer their...

23. Reiterating its previous recommendation (CRC/C/SGP/CO/2-3, para. 36) and taking note of target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Take immediate and concrete steps to ensure that all Singaporean mothers can transfer their citizenship to their children, including to children born before 2004;

(b) Consider amending article 122 of the Constitution to ensure that no child is, or becomes, stateless;

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

Gender International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/SGP/CO/4-5
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Cabo Verde

32. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Strengthen its efforts to register all children, paying particular attention to rural areas; (b) Provide information about stateless children in its next report, and consider ratifying the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless...

32. The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a) Strengthen its efforts to register all children, paying particular attention to rural areas;

(b) Provide information about stateless children in its next report, and consider ratifying the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 

Birth registration International Instruments Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/CPV/CO/2
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Malta

23. Taking note of target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Committee strongly urges the State party to: (a) Strengthen efforts to ensure the birth registration of children whose parents do not have personal documents; (b) Strengthen efforts to establish the nationality of...

23. Taking note of target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Committee strongly urges the State party to:

(a) Strengthen efforts to ensure the birth registration of children whose parents do not have personal documents;

(b) Strengthen efforts to establish the nationality of children with undetermined citizenship, under the Civil Code and the Maltese Citizenship Act; 

(c) Establish an effective and efficient statelessness determination procedure, with an identification and referral mechanism for children who are undocumented and at risk of statelessness;

(d) Expedite accession to the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, of 1954, and consider ratifying the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, of 1961, the European Convention on Nationality, of 1977, and the Council of Europe Convention on the Avoidance of Statelessness in relation to State Succession, of 2009;

(e) Seek technical assistance from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), among others, for the implementation of these recommendations. 

Identification and determination procedures Birth registration International Instruments Implementing measures - Other
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/MLT/CO/3-6
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Botswana

30. Taking note of target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Committee urges the State party to: (a) Strengthen efforts to achieve universal registration by, inter alia, addressing administrative obstacles, expanding health facility-based birth registration centres and mobile...

30. Taking note of target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Committee urges the State party to:

(a) Strengthen efforts to achieve universal registration by, inter alia, addressing administrative obstacles, expanding health facility-based birth registration centres and mobile registration campaigns and raising awareness of the importance of birth registration, paying special attention to refugees and children living in alternative care institutions, nomadic communities and remote areas;

(b) Consider withdrawing its reservation to the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and ratifying the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, and bringing its national legislation into line with those international instruments, including by establishing safeguards to prevent children from being stateless;

(c) Seek technical assistance on measures to ensure registration and prevent statelessness of children from, among others, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and UNICEF. 

Birth registration International Instruments Implementing measures - Other
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/BW A/CO/2-3
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Brunei Darussalam

121.30 Withdraw its general reservation to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and eliminate all discriminatory legal provisions against women, including those relating to marriage and divorce, property, inheritance and transmission of nationality...

121.30 Withdraw its general reservation to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and eliminate all discriminatory legal provisions against women, including those relating to marriage and divorce, property, inheritance and transmission of nationality to their children. 

Recommending State: Portugal

Recommendation Noted

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Doc. A/HRC/42/11
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Brunei Darussalam

121.181 Respect the fundamental principle of equality between women and men, in particular by allowing Brunei women to transmit their nationality to their children and by removing reservations to article 9 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.  ...

121.181 Respect the fundamental principle of equality between women and men, in particular by allowing Brunei women to transmit their nationality to their children and by removing reservations to article 9 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. 

Recommending State: France

Recommendation Noted

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Brunei Darussalam

121.26 Ratify the various international conventions on statelessness with a view to regularizing the situation of persons without a nationality. 

121.26 Ratify the various international conventions on statelessness with a view to regularizing the situation of persons without a nationality. 

Recommending State: Spain

Recommendation Noted

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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/42/11