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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Burkina Faso

135.18 Speed up efforts to establish a national system for free universal birth registration throughout the country, including remote areas and strengthen awareness on the importance of birth registration. 

135.18 Speed up efforts to establish a national system for free universal birth registration throughout the country, including remote areas and strengthen awareness on the importance of birth registration. 

Recommending State: Uruguay

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Djibouti

143.108 Take the necessary measures to ensure easy and effective access to the free birth register, especially for those births outside hospitals. 

143.108 Take the necessary measures to ensure easy and effective access to the free birth register, especially for those births outside hospitals. 

Recommending State: Mexico

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Djibouti

144.1 Ratify conventions on stateless persons. 

144.1 Ratify conventions on stateless persons. 

Recommending State: Slovenia

Recommendation Noted

International Instruments
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Guinea-Bissau

33. The Committee strongly urges the State party to implement the Birth Registration National Action Plan promptly, and to establish intersectoral collaboration within the Government, eliminate fees and improve governance of birth registration units, to ensure that all children born within...

33. The Committee strongly urges the State party to implement the Birth Registration National Action Plan promptly, and to establish intersectoral collaboration within the Government, eliminate fees and improve governance of birth registration units, to ensure that all children born within the national territory, including those living in rural and remote areas, are registered. Furthermore, the Committee urges the State party to ensure that institutional structures at all levels are accessible in all regions and free of charge, and are adapted to local realities, especially with regard to internally displaced persons and children in refugee camps. The Committee further suggests that the State party explore possibilities with the Ministry of Justice to introduce birth registration in public, private and community schools.

35. The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a) Adopt an administrative policy designed to prevent statelessness and protect stateless children;
(b) Improve the administrative practices relating to civil registration in order to reduce the risk of statelessness;
(c) Identify potential stateless children, and collect data on the number of cases of stateless children residing in the country;
(d) Accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness; and
(e) Amend the Law of Nationality (Law No. 6/2010) to bring it into line with the 1954 and 1961 Conventions.

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Identification and determination procedures Birth registration International Instruments Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Rwanda

26. The Committee recommends that the State party strengthen its efforts to ensure free and immediate birth registration, including the issuance of birth certificates for all children, by means of accessible and expeditious registration procedures. The Committee further recommends that the...

26. The Committee recommends that the State party strengthen its efforts to ensure free and immediate birth registration, including the issuance of birth certificates for all children, by means of accessible and expeditious registration procedures. The Committee further recommends that the State party:

(a) Increase availability and access to registry services and strengthen sensitization and training for registration officers on relevant laws to ensure the registration of all children, including refugee children immediately after birth;

(b) Intensify community sensitization and public awareness of the importance of birth registration, including among refugee populations and in urban areas;

(c) Amend Law No. 14/2008 in order to remove penalties of imprisonment and all legal and procedural barriers that impede birth registration; and

(d) Seek technical assistance from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) among others, for the implementation of these recommendations.

Birth registration
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Cuba

170.292. Adopt legislative and administrative measures that would give greater coverage to the protection of the rights of refugees, asylum seekers and stateless persons. 

170.292. Adopt legislative and administrative measures that would give greater coverage to the protection of the rights of refugees, asylum seekers and stateless persons. 

Recommending State: Niger

Recommendation Noted

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Azerbaijan

109.50. Adopt all types of measures to ensure universal birth registration for all children, regardless of the circumstances in which they were born or the civil or immigration status of their parents, while also facilitating the registration of children of underage mothers or mothers living...

109.50. Adopt all types of measures to ensure universal birth registration for all children, regardless of the circumstances in which they were born or the civil or immigration status of their parents, while also facilitating the registration of children of underage mothers or mothers living in rural areas. 

Recommending State: Uruguay

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Tuvalu

83.2. Include legislative safeguard against statelessness with regards to children born in its territory, who would otherwise be stateless, to acquire Tuvaluan nationality. 

83.2. Include legislative safeguard against statelessness with regards to children born in its territory, who would otherwise be stateless, to acquire Tuvaluan nationality

Recommending State: Slovakia

Recommendation Accepted

Born on territory Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Tuvalu

83.1. Consider the possibility of amending the National Constitution to include a safeguard against statelessness, which establishes the acquisition of Tuvaluan nationality for children born in the territory who otherwise would be stateless. 

83.1. Consider the possibility of amending the National Constitution to include a safeguard against statelessness, which establishes the acquisition of Tuvaluan nationality for children born in the territory who otherwise would be stateless

Recommending State: Uruguay

Recommendation Accepted

Born on territory Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Cameroon

131.23 Accede to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 

131.23 Accede to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness

Recommending State: Djibouti

Recommendation Noted

International Instruments