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Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Tanzania

29. The Committee urges the State party to expeditiously revise the Tanzania Citizenship Act (1995) to ensure that women and men enjoy equal rights to acquire, change, transfer and retain nationality. The State party should also accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of...

29. The Committee urges the State party to expeditiously revise the Tanzania Citizenship Act (1995) to ensure that women and men enjoy equal rights to acquire, change, transfer and retain nationality. The State party should also accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Gender International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Haiti

22. The Committee, recalling its general recommendation No. 19 (1992) on violence against women, urges the State party: (g) To amend the Civil Code to ensure that all declarations of birth are registered, without exception. 28. The Committee recommends that the State party expedite the...

22. The Committee, recalling its general recommendation No. 19 (1992) on violence against women, urges the State party:

(g) To amend the Civil Code to ensure that all declarations of birth are registered, without exception.

28. The Committee recommends that the State party expedite the adoption of its draft Nationality Law and adopt a national framework on asylum. The State party is encouraged to strengthen its national civil registration system through systemizing the issuance of birth certificates and identity documents. The Committee also recommends negotiations with authorities of the Dominican Republic to address the situation of persons of Haitian origin in the Dominican Republic. The Committee recommends the ratification without delay of the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Nationality/Identity documentation Birth registration International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Senegal

32. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Accelerate the process of modernizing the civil registration system and allocate sufficient funds for strengthening birth registration initiatives; (b) Provide free birth registration and free issuance of certificates for, at least,...

32. The Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Accelerate the process of modernizing the civil registration system and allocate sufficient funds for strengthening birth registration initiatives;

(b) Provide free birth registration and free issuance of certificates for, at least, children under 5 years of age, especially in rural and remote areas;

(c) Equip decentralized authorities at the local level and health facilities to register births and issue birth certificates;

(d) Strengthen and expand mobile birth registration to reach universal coverage, particularly in order to register children born outside of health facilities and children who have never been registered, and increase public awareness of the importance of birth registration and the process by which births are registered;

(e) Ensure that children without birth certificates have full access to education and social services.

34. The Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Review the Nationality Code to bring it into line with international standards on preventing and reducing statelessness among children and protecting stateless children;

(b) Conduct a statelessness mapping study in order to better prevent this phenomenon and address the protection of stateless children and children at risk of statelessness;

(c) Seek technical assistance from UNHCR and UNICEF, among others, for the implementation of these recommendations.

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Birth registration Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action Implementing measures - Other
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Zimbabwe

35. The Committee recalls its previous recommendation (para. 27) and recommends that the State party: (a) Ensure the Births and Deaths Registration Act (2005) is implemented in a manner that promotes the best interests of the child and simplifies the administrative requirements for the...

35. The Committee recalls its previous recommendation (para. 27) and recommends that the State party:

(a) Ensure the Births and Deaths Registration Act (2005) is implemented in a manner that promotes the best interests of the child and simplifies the administrative requirements for the registration and issuance of birth certificates;

(b) Equip decentralized government authorities and health facilities at the local level to register births and issue birth certificates;

(c) Strengthen and expand mobile birth registration to reach universal coverage, in particular for registering children born outside of health facilities and children who have never been registered;

(d) Increase public awareness of the importance of birth registration and the process by which births are registered.

37. In the light of its general comments No. 6 (2005) on the treatment of unaccompanied and separated children outside their country of origin and No. 7 on implementing child rights in early childhood, the Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Take measures to ensure that all children born in the State party have the legal right to be registered at birth with a name, regardless of their parents’ citizenship status and/or country of origin, and that they have equal access to health care, protection, education and other social services;

(b) Consider ratifying the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and amend its domestic legislation on nationality accordingly so as to ensure that every child enjoys the right to acquire a nationality;

(...)

67. The Committee urges the State party to expedite redress to the families displaced owing to the flooding of the Tokwe Murkosi dam and the forced resettlement operations, including the (...) restoration of lost birth certificates.

Birth registration International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Peru

34. The Committee recommends that the State party continue to strengthen its efforts to ensure universal birth registration and access to identity documents for all children born in the State party, with particular attention to indigenous children, children living in rural and remote areas,...

34. The Committee recommends that the State party continue to strengthen its efforts to ensure universal birth registration and access to identity documents for all children born in the State party, with particular attention to indigenous children, children living in rural and remote areas, such as the isolated border communities of the Amazonian region, and children living in poverty.

Nationality/Identity documentation Birth registration
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Benin

31. The Committee urges the State party to take all measures necessary to ensure that all children, especially children in residential care, are registered. More particularly, the Committee recommends that the State Party: (a) Ensure the effectiveness and functioning of secondary...

31. The Committee urges the State party to take all measures necessary to ensure that all children, especially children in residential care, are registered. More particularly, the Committee recommends that the State Party:

(a) Ensure the effectiveness and functioning of secondary registration centres throughout the country, and set up a special body of agents responsible for the management of civil status, to facilitate the issuance of civil status certificates to children;

(b) Develop computerized national registration files; and increase efforts to promote public awareness of the importance of birth registration and the process of acquiring a birth certificate in order to protect children against the consequences of non-registration;

(c) Review national legislation and ensure that birth registration is free of charge, including late birth registration;

(d) Seek technical assistance from UNICEF, among others, for the implementation of the above recommendations.

32. While noting information provided by the delegation indicating that Act No. 65-17 of 23 June 1965 on nationality is being reviewed, the Committee is concerned that the existing legislation contains discriminatory provisions which provide that the loss of Beninese nationality by a husband can be extended to a mother and children.

33. The Committee recommends that the State party amend Act No. 65-17 of 23 June 1965 on nationality with a view to granting Beninese women equal rights with Beninese men regarding the retention or loss of the nationality of their children.

Loss/Deprivation Birth registration Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Brunei Darussalam

25. While noting the State party’s efforts to combat discrimination, the Committee reiterates its previous concern (see CRC/C/15/Add.219, para. 24) that discrimination against certain groups of children, particularly (...)  stateless children, still exists in practice. 26. The Committee...

25. While noting the State party’s efforts to combat discrimination, the Committee reiterates its previous concern (see CRC/C/15/Add.219, para. 24) that discrimination against certain groups of children, particularly (...)  stateless children, still exists in practice.

26. The Committee urges the State party to adopt a comprehensive strategy, including awareness-raising, for the elimination of gender stereotypes and of de jure and de facto discrimination against all groups of children in marginalized and disadvantaged situations, as well as girls, and ensure the implementation of all legal provisions in full compliance with article 2 of the Convention.

30. In the light of its general comment No. 12 (2009) on the right of the child to be heard, the Committee urges the State party to:

(...)

(b) Guarantee that children are actively consulted and involved in the formulation and implementation of policies and programmes affecting them, and pay particular attention to the active involvement of children in vulnerable situations, including children with disabilities, minority children and stateless children;

(...)

32. The Committee reiterates its previous recommendation (see CRC/C/15/Add.219, para. 34) and urges the State party to intensify its efforts in taking all the measures necessary to ensure the registration at birth of all children in both rural and urban areas; children in migration circumstances, including irregular migration; and children in Kampong Ayer.

34. The Committee urges the State party to:

(a) Review the Brunei Nationality Act and other relevant legislation relating to nationality to ensure that Bruneian women can transfer nationality automatically to their children;

(b) Strengthen measures to naturalize stateless children and conduct awareness-raising campaigns among parents and guardians of stateless children.

64. In line with its general comment No. 6 (2005) on the treatment of unaccompanied and separated children outside their country of origin, the Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Provide birth registration and access to basic rights, such as health and education, to all stateless children and their families on the State party’s territory, irrespective of their legal status;

(b) Establish a comprehensive and systematic mechanism for the collection of data on stateless children and ensure that the data are disaggregated by, inter alia, sex, age, national and ethnic origin, geographical location, rural or urban residence and minority or socioeconomic status;

(c) Consider acceding to the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Remedy/Reparation Birth registration Gender International Instruments Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action Awareness raising/Capacity building/Training Implementing measures - Other
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Haiti

27. The Committee urges the State party to step up its efforts to ensure that all children are registered at birth including by establishing civil registration mechanisms in hospitals and camps for internally displaced persons (IDP), encouraging the use of mobile registration units,...

27. The Committee urges the State party to step up its efforts to ensure that all children are registered at birth including by establishing civil registration mechanisms in hospitals and camps for internally displaced persons (IDP), encouraging the use of mobile registration units, particularly in rural and remote areas, and by organizing awareness-raising programmes, including campaigns. The Committee further recommends that the State party:

(a) Ensure that all Civil Status Offices issue birth certificates free of charge;

(b) Ensure that registration and issuance of a birth certificate are combined;

(c) Allocate the necessary human, technical and financial resources to Civil Status Offices, including training of employees;

(d) Increase the number of and access to Civil Status Offices in all parts of the country, in particular in rural and remote areas;

(e) Revise its policies with a view to allowing children to obtain identification cards;

(f) Adopt the draft nationality law and adopt corresponding civil registration legislation, and furthermore ensure conformity of the draft Child Protection Code with the nationality law and the Conventions concerning statelessness;

(g) Immediately provide children of Haitian descent who have been expelled from the Dominican Republic and their families with identity documentation;

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

60. The Committee is seriously concerned about the extremely difficult living conditions, (...), among stateless families of Haitian descent and Dominican-born children of undocumented Haitian migrants, as well as unaccompanied children who have been expelled from the Dominican Republic.

61. The Committee urges the State party to take prompt measures to provide children and their families who have been expelled from the Dominican Republic with access to adequate nutrition, water, sanitation, housing and health care. (...).

Protection/Enjoyment of rights (Forced) migration context Nationality/Identity documentation Birth registration Discrimination - Other International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Committee against Torture (CAT)

Jordan

14. The State party should: (…) (f) Consider ratifying (...) the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness 16. The Committee reiterates its previous recommendation (CAT/C/JOR/CO/2, para. 24) to put an end to the...

14. The State party should:

(…)

(f) Consider ratifying (...) the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness

16. The Committee reiterates its previous recommendation (CAT/C/JOR/CO/2, para. 24) to put an end to the arbitrary withdrawal of national identification numbers from Jordanians of Palestinian origin. The State party must also ensure that decisions concerning revocation of nationality are taken by a competent authority and meet relevant international criteria, including the right of persons concerned to be heard and to challenge such decisions.

Loss/Deprivation Race/Ethnicity International Instruments
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Australia

136.101 Eliminate the disparities in access to services by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families, especially by reviewing the Australian birth registration process in order to ensure that all children are registered at birth. 

136.101 Eliminate the disparities in access to services by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families, especially by reviewing the Australian birth registration process in order to ensure that all children are registered at birth. 

Recommending State: Poland

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration