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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

United Arab Emirates

35.57 Withdraw the reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and fully recognize women’s rights, including their civil rights as well as their right to nationality. 

35.57 Withdraw the reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and fully recognize women’s rights, including their civil rights as well as their right to nationality. 

Recommending State: Mexico

Recommendation Noted

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Doc. A/HRC/54/15
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Barbados

114.96 Repeal or amend all discriminatory provisions in legislation, including by providing equal rights in conferring nationality to an adopted child or foreign spouse. 

114.96 Repeal or amend all discriminatory provisions in legislation, including by providing equal rights in conferring nationality to an adopted child or foreign spouse. 

Recommending State: Latvia

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Adoption/Surrogacy Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Barbados

114.94 Amend the nationality laws to ensure women confer nationality on their children in all circumstances. 

114.94 Amend the nationality laws to ensure women confer nationality on their children in all circumstances. 

Recommending State: Iceland

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Barbados

114.95 Amend relevant laws to ensure all parents can confer nationality on their children, including instances where children are born abroad.

114.95 Amend relevant laws to ensure all parents can confer nationality on their children, including instances where children are born abroad.

Recommending State: Ireland

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Burundi

145.139 Repeal or amend all discriminatory provisions in legislation, including article 4 of the Nationality Code and article 122 of the Persons and Family Code. 

145.139 Repeal or amend all discriminatory provisions in legislation, including article 4 of the Nationality Code and article 122 of the Persons and Family Code. 

Recommending State: Latvia

Recommendation Noted

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Doc. A/HRC/54/11
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

China

30. The Committee recommends that the State party: (...) (c) Regularize the status of women from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and other women victims of trafficking who marry, either voluntarily or by forced marriage, or are in an unregistered union and have a child with a...

30. The Committee recommends that the State party:

(...) (c) Regularize the status of women from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and other women victims of trafficking who marry, either voluntarily or by forced marriage, or are in an unregistered union and have a child with a Chinese citizen, and ensure that their children obtain birth registration, are eligible for Chinese nationality and have access to education and health care without discrimination and would be allowed to leave China with their mothers who are defectors from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea).

38. Recalling its general recommendation No. 32 (2014) on the gender-related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality and statelessness of women, the Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Amend its legislation to recognize dual citizenship, consider ratifying or acceding to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and adopt a national asylum law that is in conformity with international standards;

(b) Ensure that all women, including refugee, asylum-seeking and migrant women have access to civil registration procedures and basic services, that passports are not confiscated on the basis of ethnic minority status and that national security legislation is not arbitrarily used to do so.

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Statelessness Doc. CEDAW/C/CHN/CO/9
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Sao Tome and Principe

35. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Make the necessary legal amendments to allow for the automatic transfer of nationality from mothers to their children, regardless of where a child is born; (b) Speedily ratify the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the...

35. The Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Make the necessary legal amendments to allow for the automatic transfer of nationality from mothers to their children, regardless of where a child is born;

(b) Speedily ratify the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Born abroad Gender International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CEDAW/C/STP/CO/1-5
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Benin

136.239 Eliminate gender-based discrimination in nationality legislation, in particular for children born to Beninese mothers and foreign fathers, and spouses married to Beninese women. 

136.239 Eliminate gender-based discrimination in nationality legislation, in particular for children born to Beninese mothers and foreign fathers, and spouses married to Beninese women. 

Recommending State: Latvia

Recommendation Accepted

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Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Oman

7. The Committee notes the positive developments in the State party’s legislation, including Ministerial Decision No. 125/2019 issuing the executive regulation of the Law of the Child, and recommends that the State party: (a) Further strengthen its legislation in order to ensure full...

7. The Committee notes the positive developments in the State party’s legislation, including Ministerial Decision No. 125/2019 issuing the executive regulation of the Law of the Child, and recommends that the State party:

(a) Further strengthen its legislation in order to ensure full compliance with the Convention in all areas, including on nationality and minimum age of criminal responsibility;

22. Taking note of target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Committee recalls its previous recommendation and urges the State party:

(a) To amend its laws to grant Omani women equal rights to those of Omani men with regard to the transmission of their nationality to their children and provide adequate safeguards to ensure the conferral of citizenship on children who would otherwise be stateless;

(b) To strengthen efforts to ensure that all births in the State party are registered, including those of children of migrant workers, in cooperation with the States concerned, and of children born to unmarried parents;

(c) To consider becoming party to the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

37. Recalling the joint general comments No. 3 and No. 4 (2017) of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and No. 22 and No. 23 of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (2017), on the general principles regarding the human rights of children in the context of international migration and on State obligations regarding the human rights of children in the context of international migration in countries of origin, transit, destination and return, respectively, the Committee recommends that the State party:

(e) Strengthen coordination between the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and governmental institutions to ensure the provision of assistance and protection for refugee, asylum-seeking and stateless children in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/OMN/CO/5-6
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Bahrain

13. (...) (b) Give high priority to its law reform process and to modify or repeal, without delay and within a clear time frame, all discriminatory legislation, including discriminatory provisions in the Penal Code, Family Law and Nationality Law, and to sensitize parliamentarians, religious...

13. (...) (b) Give high priority to its law reform process and to modify or repeal, without delay and within a clear time frame, all discriminatory legislation, including discriminatory provisions in the Penal Code, Family Law and Nationality Law, and to sensitize parliamentarians, religious and community leaders, women human rights defenders and the general public on the need for legislative reform;

35. The Committee recommends that the State party expedite the adoption of the 2014 draft amendment to the Nationality Act and revise it to ensure that Bahraini women have the same right as Bahraini men to transfer their nationality to their children, including when they are married to a foreign spouse. The Committee, in line with its previous recommendation (CEDAW/C/BHR/CO/3, para. 34), recommends that the State party accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

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Statelessness Doc. CEDAW/C/BHR/CO/4