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Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Croatia

6. Recalling its general recommendation No. 8 (1990) concerning the interpretation and application of article 1 (1) and (4) of the Convention, and its guidelines for reporting under the Convention, the Committee recommends that the State party produce disaggregated statistics on the...

6. Recalling its general recommendation No. 8 (1990) concerning the interpretation and application of article 1 (1) and (4) of the Convention, and its guidelines for reporting under the Convention, the Committee recommends that the State party produce disaggregated statistics on the socioeconomic situation of minority groups, including members of the Roma and Serb minorities, and of non-citizens such as refugees, asylum-seekers, migrants and stateless persons, and on their access to education, employment, health care and housing with a view to creating an empirical basis for assessing the equal enjoyment of the rights enshrined in the Convention. (...)

20. The Committee recommends that the State party intensify its efforts to enhance the provision of legal aid to those vulnerable to racial discrimination, including members of the Roma and Serb ethnic minorities, migrants, refugees, asylum-seekers and stateless persons, including by allocating adequate financial resources and by ensuring the availability of legal aid at the regional and local levels. It also recommends that the State party raise public awareness about the availability of legal aid services in cases of racial discrimination.

28. The Committee recommends that the State party establish a dedicated and effective procedure for determining statelessness and take measures to ensure that stateless persons, particularly undocumented children, are able to enjoy their economic and social rights without discrimination, in particular regarding access to health-care services and education, including by providing them with a personal identification number.

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Identification and determination procedures Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting Awareness raising/Capacity building/Training
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Statelessness Doc. CERD/C/HRV/CO/9-14
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Turkmenistan

6. Recalling the guidelines for reporting under the Convention, the Committee recommends that, in its next periodic report, the State party use the results of the population and housing census of 2022 to provide updated disaggregated data on the ethnic composition of the population, based on...

6. Recalling the guidelines for reporting under the Convention, the Committee recommends that, in its next periodic report, the State party use the results of the population and housing census of 2022 to provide updated disaggregated data on the ethnic composition of the population, based on the principle of self-identification, on non-citizens, including migrants, refugees, asylum-seekers and stateless persons, and on the prison population. The Committee also recommends that the State party provide detailed information on the access of persons from ethnic minorities to education, employment, health care and housing and their representation in public and political life, where applicable, with a view to creating an empirical basis for assessing the equal enjoyment of the rights enshrined in the Convention.

30. The Committee recommends that the State party ensure that restrictions on freedom of movement conform to the strict tests of necessity and proportionality, are decided upon only by the competent authorities in accordance with the law and do not discriminate on grounds of racial background, nationality, ethnicity or refugee status.

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CERD/C/TKM/CO/12-13
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Timor Leste

34. With reference to 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) Strengthen its mobile birth registration units, in particular in rural and...

34. With reference to 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) Strengthen its mobile birth registration units, in particular in rural and remote areas, including through the use of modern information and communications technology, and assess the impact of the birth registration campaign;

(b) Collect data on stateless women and girls, disaggregated by age and ethnicity and provide such data in its next periodic report;

(c) Ratify the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Birth registration International Instruments Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting
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Statelessness Doc. CEDAW/C/TLS/CO/4
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Philippines

20. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Takes steps to enact comprehensive legislation on the protection of the rights of refugees, asylum seekers, stateless persons, and persons at risk of statelessness, including provisions for fair procedures for the consideration of...

20. The Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Takes steps to enact comprehensive legislation on the protection of the rights of refugees, asylum seekers, stateless persons, and persons at risk of statelessness, including provisions for fair procedures for the consideration of applications and status determination, in accordance with international standards;

(b) Undertake further measures to collect qualitative and quantitative data on the asylum seekers, refugees, stateless persons and persons at risk of statelessness in the country in order to assess their protection needs;

(c) Strengthen local birth and civil registration mechanisms in geographically isolated and conflict-affected areas to scale-up birth and civil registration.

35. In accordance with article 9 (1) of the Convention and rule 65 of its rules of procedure, the Committee requests the State party to provide, within one year of the adoption of the present concluding observations, information on its implementation of the recommendations contained in paragraphs 12 (a) (Criminalisation of racist hate speech and hate crimes), 20 (b) and (c) (Situation of asylum seekers, refugees, stateless persons, and persons at risk of statelessness), and 22 (d) (Complaints of racial discrimination and access to justice) above.

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Identification and determination procedures Birth registration Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CERD/C/PHL/CO/21-25
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Niger

7. The Committee recommends that the State party provide statistics disaggregated by sex and age on the socio-economic situation of ethnic groups as well as foreigners, including asylum-seekers, refugees and stateless persons, and on their access to education, employment, health care and...

7. The Committee recommends that the State party provide statistics disaggregated by sex and age on the socio-economic situation of ethnic groups as well as foreigners, including asylum-seekers, refugees and stateless persons, and on their access to education, employment, health care and housing and their participation in public and political life, with a view to creating an empirical basis for assessing the equal enjoyment of the rights enshrined in the Convention. (...)

21. In the light of its general recommendation 29 (2002) on descent-based discrimination, the Committee recommends that the State party address as a matter of priority the structural and systemic causes of descent-based discrimination. The Committee also recommends that the State party take the necessary measures to ensure that persons of slave descent have access to an identity and ensure their access to education, employment and health services. The Committee recommends that the State party ensure birth registration of children of slave descent. (...)

Birth registration Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting
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Statelessness Doc. CERD/C/NER/CO/22-25
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Sweden

10. The Committee is concerned about the lack of data disaggregated by disability, ethnic origin and socioeconomic and migration background, as this does not allow for sufficient analysis of the situation of children, and recommends that the State party: (b) Strengthen the collection and...

10. The Committee is concerned about the lack of data disaggregated by disability, ethnic origin and socioeconomic and migration background, as this does not allow for sufficient analysis of the situation of children, and recommends that the State party:

(b) Strengthen the collection and analysis of data on discrimination against children, children with disabilities, statelessness and children with an “unknown nationality”, the socioeconomic situation of children, and violence against children, including abuse, neglect and sexual exploitation;

21. The Committee notes the amendment to the Citizenship Act (2001) made in 2021 that removes the requirement for certain stateless children to have a permanent residence permit in order to obtain Swedish nationality, but is concerned that the legislative framework remains restrictive, including for children with an irregular residence status, stateless children born abroad and children with an “unknown nationality”. The Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Develop a procedure to determine the stateless status of children in order to properly identify and protect stateless children;

(b) Facilitate the acquisition at birth of nationality for children who would otherwise be stateless;

(c) Strengthen legal pathways for children with an irregular residence status, children born abroad and children with an “unknown nationality” to acquire a nationality.

 

 

ISI Submission Link
Identification and determination procedures Born on territory Born abroad Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/SWE/CO/6-7
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Bahrain

6. Recalling its guidelines for reporting under the Convention, 3 the Committee recommends that, in its next periodic report, the State party provide statistics on the ethnic composition of the population, including asylum-seekers, refugees, stateless persons and migrant workers, and on the...

6. Recalling its guidelines for reporting under the Convention, 3 the Committee recommends that, in its next periodic report, the State party provide statistics on the ethnic composition of the population, including asylum-seekers, refugees, stateless persons and migrant workers, and on the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights, disaggregated by ethnic origin and by national origin, in order to provide the Committee with an empirical basis for evaluating the equal enjoyment of rights under the Convention.

22. In the light of its general recommendation No. 30 (2004) on discrimination against non-citizens, especially paragraph 16 on reducing statelessness, in particular statelessness among children, the Committee recommends that the State party expeditiously bring its legislation into line with the Convention by amending its Citizenship Act to eliminate provisions that discriminate against foreign nationals married to Bahraini women and against the children of Bahraini women married to foreign nationals, and add provisions allowing Bahraini women to transmit their nationality to their foreign-national spouses and to their children from birth, on an equal footing with men. The Committee also recommends that the State party ensure that particular groups of non-citizens are not discriminated against with regard to access to citizenship compared to others.

24. The Committee recommends that the State party revise the Citizenship Act, including its provisions on deprivation of nationality, to ensure that its application does not result in statelessness and that the Government cannot revoke the citizenship rights of persons exercising their fundamental rights, including the rights to freedom of expression, assembly and association, with a view to preventing statelessness, and consider ratifying the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. The Committee also recommends that the State party find a durable solution to the problems faced by Bidoon, including by considering naturalizing all those who have lived in Bahrain for long periods and have a genuine and effective link to the country. The Committee further recommends that the State party put into place immediate administrative procedures to allow all stateless persons, including Bidoon, to have effective access to basic human rights and to obtain official documents, including birth registration documents.

Ratification of other treaties

35. Bearing in mind the indivisibility of all human rights, the Committee encourages the State party to consider ratifying those international human rights treaties that it has not yet ratified, in particular treaties with provisions that have direct relevance to communities that may be subjected to racial discrimination, including (...) the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Paragraphs of particular importance

44. The Committee wishes to draw the attention of the State party to the particular importance of the recommendations contained in paragraphs 10 (legal framework for combating racial discrimination), 12 (special measures), 18 (racist hate speech and hate crimes), 20 (civil society organizations) and 24 (statelessness) above and requests the State party to provide detailed information in its next periodic report on the concrete measures taken to implement those recommendations.

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Lack of documents/Access to documentation Remedy/Reparation Loss/Deprivation Birth registration Gender Race/Ethnicity International Instruments Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CERD/C/BHR/CO/8-14
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

France

35. In view of the indivisible nature of all human rights, the Committee encourages the State party to consider ratifying international human rights instruments to which it is not yet a party, in particular those whose provisions are of direct relevance to communities that may be subject to...

35. In view of the indivisible nature of all human rights, the Committee encourages the State party to consider ratifying international human rights instruments to which it is not yet a party, in particular those whose provisions are of direct relevance to communities that may be subject to racial discrimination, (...). The Committee also encourages the State party to accede to the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness of 1961.

41. In accordance with article 9, paragraph 1, of the Convention and rule 65 of its rules of procedure, the Committee requests the State party to provide, within one year of the adoption of the present concluding observations, information on its response to the Committee's recommendations contained in paragraphs 14 (a), (c) and (d) (Roma and Traveller families), (b) and (c) (situation of migrants, refugees, asylum-seekers and stateless persons), and 28 (protection of human rights defenders) above.

42. The Committee wishes to draw the attention of the State party to the particular importance of the recommendations contained in paragraphs 16 (a) and (b) (indigenous children in the Overseas Territories), 20 (a) (situations of migrants, refugees, asylum-seekers and stateless persons), 22 (unaccompanied children) and 26 (excessive use of force) above, and requests the State party to include in its next periodic report detailed information on the concrete measures taken to implement them.

 

International Instruments Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting
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Statelessness Doc. CERD/C/FRA/CO/22-23
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Jamaica

6. Recalling its general recommendation No. 8 (1990) concerning the interpretation and application of article 1, paragraphs 1 and 4 of the Convention, its guidelines for reporting under the Convention and its previous recommendations, the Committee recommends that the State party collect and...

6. Recalling its general recommendation No. 8 (1990) concerning the interpretation and application of article 1, paragraphs 1 and 4 of the Convention, its guidelines for reporting under the Convention and its previous recommendations, the Committee recommends that the State party collect and provide to the Committee updated and comprehensive statistics on the demographic composition of the population, based on the principle of self-identification, disaggregated by ethnic or national origin, including on Maroons, Tainos, Rastafaris and non-citizens, such as migrants, refugees, asylum-seekers and stateless persons, together with relevant socioeconomic indicators that would enable an accurate assessment of progress towards the equal enjoyment by all groups, without discrimination, of the rights enshrined in the Convention.

28. (...) It also recommends that the State party adopt comprehensive legislation to eradicate statelessness, which includes procedures for the determination of statelessness, and consider acceding to the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons.

International Instruments Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CERD/C/JAM/CO/21-24
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Uzbekistan

21. Welcoming the progress made in registering births and reducing and preventing statelessness, the Committee recommends that the State party collect data on the implementation of the Act on citizenship of 2020, including on the number of applications submitted by stateless persons,...

21. Welcoming the progress made in registering births and reducing and preventing statelessness, the Committee recommends that the State party collect data on the implementation of the Act on citizenship of 2020, including on the number of applications submitted by stateless persons, disaggregated by age and gender; and consider ratifying the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

International Instruments Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/UZB/CO/5