ISI Database on Statelessness and
Human Rights

Connecting nationality, statelessness and human rights. Explore and compare information from the international human rights monitoring systems to promote a human rights-based approach to nationality and statelessness.

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Number of results found: 2282

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

120.22 Ratify the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

120.22 Ratify the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Recommending State: Slovakia

Recommendation Noted

International Instruments

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

119.6. Ratify the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

119.6. Ratify the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Recommending State: Austria

Recommendation Accepted

International Instruments

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

117.32. Continue the efforts to achieve an effective registration of all births, with special attention to children belonging to ethnic minorities.

117.32. Continue the efforts to achieve an effective registration of all births, with special attention to children belonging to ethnic minorities.

Recommending State: Holy See

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

119.10. Simplify the procedure for birth registration of persons born outside health-care institutions to contribute to measures carried out to eliminate discrimination.

119.10. Simplify the procedure for birth registration of persons born outside health-care institutions to contribute to measures carried out to eliminate discrimination.

Recommending State: Mexico

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

119.5. Ratify the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and take concrete steps at national level to prevent and eliminate the causes that lead to statelessness.

119.5. Ratify the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and take concrete steps at national level to prevent and eliminate the causes that lead to statelessness.

Recommending State: Germany

Recommendation Accepted

International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

119.11. Establish a simple and accessible procedure of birth registration to guarantee that all children have access to it.

119.11. Establish a simple and accessible procedure of birth registration to guarantee that all children have access to it.

Recommending State: Brazil

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

109.105. Amend the Citizenship Law to ensure that all persons born in Romania obtain a nationality; otherwise they would be stateless, regardless of the status of the parents.

109.105. Amend the Citizenship Law to ensure that all persons born in Romania obtain a nationality; otherwise they would be stateless, regardless of the status of the parents.

Recommending State: Mexico

Recommendation Accepted

Born on territory Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

109.113. Implement comprehensive awareness raising strategies for hospital staff, administrators and other health professionals regarding their responsibilities to register births and facilitate the issuance of birth certificates, without any delay.

109.113. Implement comprehensive awareness raising strategies for hospital staff, administrators and other health professionals regarding their responsibilities to register births and facilitate the issuance of birth certificates, without any delay.

Recommending State: Uruguay

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

109.149. Consider amending the Citizenship Law to include safeguards against statelessness, providing that children born in the Romanian territory, who would otherwise be stateless, acquire Romanian nationality.

109.149. Consider amending the Citizenship Law to include safeguards against statelessness, providing that children born in the Romanian territory, who would otherwise be stateless, acquire Romanian nationality.

Recommending State: Slovakia

Recommendation Accepted

Born on territory Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

79.53. Reform the Nationality Act to include safeguards against statelessness, so that children born in Tonga’s territory, who would otherwise be stateless, can acquire Tongan nationality.

79.53. Reform the Nationality Act to include safeguards against statelessness, so that children born in Tonga’s territory, who would otherwise be stateless, can acquire Tongan nationality.

Recommending State: Slovakia

Recommendation Accepted

Born on territory Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action