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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Malaysia

146.73. Ensure prompt registration of all new-born children. 

146.73. Ensure prompt registration of all new-born children. 

Recommending State: Australia

Recommendation Accepted

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Doc. A/HRC/25/10
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Malaysia

146.221. Facilitate the process of immigration’s regularization for those persons who have resided in the country for an extended period and allow the registration of their children born in Malaysia. 

146.221. Facilitate the process of immigration’s regularization for those persons who have resided in the country for an extended period and allow the registration of their children born in Malaysia. 

Recommending State: Mexico

Recommendation Noted

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Malaysia

146.172. Ensure birth registration of all children to facilitate the access to social services. 

146.172. Ensure birth registration of all children to facilitate the access to social services. 

Recommending State: Sierra Leone

Recommendation Accepted

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Human Rights Committee (CCPR)

Mauritania

9. (...) The State party should review its Nationality Code to allow Mauritanian women to transmit their nationality on an equal footing with men and the 2001 Personal Status Code to remove the provisions that discriminate against women. 24. (...) Lastly, the Committee is concerned that not...

9. (...) The State party should review its Nationality Code to allow Mauritanian women to transmit their nationality on an equal footing with men and the 2001 Personal Status Code to remove the provisions that discriminate against women.

24. (...) Lastly, the Committee is concerned that not all the repatriated Mauritanian refugees have obtained identity and citizenship documents yet; this is likely to create obstacles to their enjoyment of some rights and to promote the risk of statelessness. (...)

The State party should remove the legal obstacles to the registration of births of children of refugees and asylum seekers born in Mauritania. Finally, it should make it easier for refugees repatriated under the tripartite agreement between the State party, Senegal and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to obtain identity documents, and consider signing a similar agreement to cover Mauritanian refugees in Mali following the events of 1989–1990. (...)

(Forced) migration context Nationality/Identity documentation Birth registration Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. CCPR/C/MRT/CO/1
Human Rights Committee (CCPR)

Djibouti

20. (...) The State party should increase its ongoing efforts and: (...) (c) Continue to issue a birth certificate to every newborn refugee child to protect refugee children and prevent statelessness;  (...)  

20. (...) The State party should increase its ongoing efforts and:

(...)

(c) Continue to issue a birth certificate to every newborn refugee child to protect refugee children and prevent statelessness; 

(...)

 

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Statelessness Doc. CCPR/C/DJI/CO/1
Human Rights Committee (CCPR)

Mozambique

20. (...) The State party should strengthen its efforts to ensure registration of children, including by setting up special units working outside maternity hospitals and reaching all areas of the country, including the most remote ones, and conduct awareness raising campaigns on birth...

20. (...) The State party should strengthen its efforts to ensure registration of children, including by setting up special units working outside maternity hospitals and reaching all areas of the country, including the most remote ones, and conduct awareness raising campaigns on birth registration procedures within communities, in particular in rural areas.

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Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Tuvalu

30. The Committee recommends that the State party collect accurate and comprehensive data on birth registration, map the deficiencies and identify measures to address this issue, including through a Child Protection Baseline review conducted in cooperation with UNICEF, and also raise the...

30. The Committee recommends that the State party collect accurate and comprehensive data on birth registration, map the deficiencies and identify measures to address this issue, including through a Child Protection Baseline review conducted in cooperation with UNICEF, and also raise the awareness of parents, with a view to ensuring they fulfil their legal obligations.

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Doc. CRC/C/TUV/CO/1
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Monaco

23. The Committee urges the State party to pursue its efforts to adopt legislation establishing the same right for men and women to pass on Monegasque nationality to their children, regardless of the manner in which nationality was acquired.

23. The Committee urges the State party to pursue its efforts to adopt legislation establishing the same right for men and women to pass on Monegasque nationality to their children, regardless of the manner in which nationality was acquired.

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. CRC/C/MCO/CO/2-3
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Cambodia

31. The Committee calls upon the State party: (a) To intensify efforts to facilitate the birth registration of children born to Vietnamese mothers and their acquisition of citizenship; (b) To consider acceding to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961...

31. The Committee calls upon the State party:
(a) To intensify efforts to facilitate the birth registration of children born to Vietnamese mothers and their acquisition of citizenship;
(b) To consider acceding to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Access to nationality/Naturalization Birth registration Gender International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. CEDAW/C/KHM/CO/4-5
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

China

40. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Reform family planning policies in order to remove all forms of penalties and practices that deter parents or guardians from registering the birth of their children; (b) Abandon the hukou system in order to ensure birth registration...

40. The Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Reform family planning policies in order to remove all forms of penalties and practices that deter parents or guardians from registering the birth of their children;

(b) Abandon the hukou system in order to ensure birth registration for all children, especially for children of migrant workers;

(c) Simplify, streamline and facilitate the process of birth registration by removing all financial and administrative barriers associated with the process and improving services, including availability and access to birth registry services for parents and guardians;

(d) Intensify community sensitization and public awareness of the importance of birth registration, including among government agencies and in rural areas;

(e) Seek technical assistance from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), among others, to implement these recommendations.

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Doc. CRC/C/CHN/CO/3-4