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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Ethiopia

155.99 Raise the capacity of the Vital Events and National Identity Card Registration Agency in order to ensure the right of all persons to birth and death registration. 

155.99 Raise the capacity of the Vital Events and National Identity Card Registration Agency in order to ensure the right of all persons to birth and death registration. 

Recommending State: Sudan

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration
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Ethiopia

155.154 Adopt measures to ensure the issuance of birth certificates to newborn refugees. 

155.154 Adopt measures to ensure the issuance of birth certificates to newborn refugees. 

Recommending State: Argentina

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration
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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Ethiopia

155.98 Strengthen the national system of birth registration, extending it to all persons born on Ethiopian soil. 

155.98 Strengthen the national system of birth registration, extending it to all persons born on Ethiopian soil. 

Recommending State: Senegal

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration
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Costa Rica

128.67 Guarantee the birth registration of all indigenous and migrant children and the issuance of identity documents that would allow them to have access to social services. 

128.67 Guarantee the birth registration of all indigenous and migrant children and the issuance of identity documents that would allow them to have access to social services. 

Recommending State: Honduras

Recommendation Accepted

Nationality/Identity documentation Birth registration
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Costa Rica

128.68 Enhance efforts to improve the rate of birth registration among indigenous peoples and other vulnerable groups. 

128.68 Enhance efforts to improve the rate of birth registration among indigenous peoples and other vulnerable groups. 

Recommending State: Senegal

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration
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Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Kyrgyzstan

25. The Committee urges the State party to ensure that all children born in its territory are registered and provided with standard birth certificates immediately without any undue barriers, irrespective of the availability of their parents’ identity documents or residence permits. The...

25. The Committee urges the State party to ensure that all children born in its territory are registered and provided with standard birth certificates immediately without any undue barriers, irrespective of the availability of their parents’ identity documents or residence permits. The Committee also recommends that the State party simplify the procedure for birth registration and ensure that no illegal demands are made in the process of restoring birth certificates

27. The Committee recommends that the State party amend its Citizenship Act and establish safeguards to prevent children born and living in its territory from becoming stateless. It also recommends that the State party ratify the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons of 1954 and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness of 1961.

Born on territory Birth registration International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Bhutan

120.14 Accede to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 

120.14 Accede to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 

Recommending State: Canada

Recommendation Noted

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Bhutan

120.31 Amend relevant legislation in order to ensure civil registration for all children, including fatherless children. 

120.31 Amend relevant legislation in order to ensure civil registration for all children, including fatherless children. 

Recommending State: Austria

Recommendation Noted

Birth registration
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Bhutan

120.33 Harmonize the procedure for transmitting Bhutanese nationality in order to allow women to transmit Bhutanese nationality to their children on the same terms as men. 

120.33 Harmonize the procedure for transmitting Bhutanese nationality in order to allow women to transmit Bhutanese nationality to their children on the same terms as men. 

Recommending State: France

Recommendation Noted

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Nicaragua

114.74. Revise its legislation related to the birth registration to ensure birth registration to all indigenous children and children of African descent. 

114.74. Revise its legislation related to the birth registration to ensure birth registration to all indigenous children and children of African descent. 

Recommending State: Tunisia

Recommendation Accepted

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