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:
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(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;
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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.