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Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Poland

19. The Committee urges the State party to: (a) Take all necessary measures without delay to grant Polish nationality to stateless children; (b) Take appropriate measures to address the problem of children with undetermined nationalities residing in its territory; (c) Consider acceding to...

19. The Committee urges the State party to:
(a) Take all necessary measures without delay to grant Polish nationality to stateless children;
(b) Take appropriate measures to address the problem of children with undetermined nationalities residing in its territory;
(c) Consider acceding to the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Remedy/Reparation International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/POL/CO/3-4
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Bangladesh

35. The Committee urges the State party to: (a) Expedite the operation of the Office of the Registrar General, in order to guarantee birth registration and the prompt issuance of birth certificates; (b) Take all measures necessary to increase the birth registration rate, including by...

35. The Committee urges the State party to:
(a) Expedite the operation of the Office of the Registrar General, in order to guarantee birth registration and the prompt issuance of birth certificates;

(b) Take all measures necessary to increase the birth registration rate, including by establishing mobile registration offices, in particular in rural areas, and undertaking a campaign aimed at registering all children who have not yet been registered and who do not have birth certificates;

(c) Promote awareness of the importance of birth registration among parents and relevant authorities through regular mass campaigns and provide information on the procedures for birth registration and the rights and entitlements deriving from such registration.

71. 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 to health and education, for all undocumented Rohingya children and their families on the State party’s territory, irrespective of their legal status;

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Birth registration
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/BGD/CO/5
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Timor Leste

31. The Committee recommends that the State party strengthen efforts to ensure that all children are provided with birth certificates free of charge, including through mobile units and outreach programmes in remote areas of the State party, raise awareness of the importance of birth...

31. The Committee recommends that the State party strengthen efforts to ensure that all children are provided with birth certificates free of charge, including through mobile units and outreach programmes in remote areas of the State party, raise awareness of the importance of birth registration and adopt and implement the draft civil registry code.

Birth registration
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Doc. CRC/C/TLS/CO/2-3
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Brazil

32. The Committee calls on the State party to continue taking the necessary measures to ensure registration of all children and recommends that the State party: (a) Further raise awareness about the benefits of birth registration and the availability of birth certificates for free, and...

32. The Committee calls on the State party to continue taking the necessary measures to ensure registration of all children and recommends that the State party:

(a) Further raise awareness about the benefits of birth registration and the availability of birth certificates for free, and improve the accessibility of registration services in the Amazon area, including by establishing additional mobile registration units;

(b) Ensure that registration issued by the National Indian Foundation (FUNAI) has the same legal effects with regard to obtaining social benefits and other documentation as birth registration issued by civil notaries.

78. (...) The Committee also recommends that the State party expeditiously adopt the Statelessness Bill that it has pending at its legislature and establish a human rights–compliant overall framework for ensuring the rights of migrants, including irregular migrants.

Birth registration Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/BRA/CO/2-4
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Chile

31. The Committee urges the State party to take all legislative and administrative measures to ensure that children born in its territory have due access to birth registration, irrespective of their parents migrant status. 32. The Committee shares the concern expressed by the Committee on...

31. The Committee urges the State party to take all legislative and administrative measures to ensure that children born in its territory have due access to birth registration, irrespective of their parents migrant status.

32. The Committee shares the concern expressed by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women upon the consideration of the combined fifth and sixth periodic reports of Chile (CEDAW/C/CHL/CO/5-6, para. 26) that the exception to the jus soli principle relating to foreigners in transit is systematically applied to migrant women in an irregular situation, irrespective of the length of their stay in the State party, and that, as a result, their children cannot receive Chilean nationality at birth and can only opt for Chilean nationality within a period of one year immediately following their twenty-first birthday.

33. The Committee encourages the State party to:

(a) Review and amend its legislation to ensure that all children born in the State party who would otherwise be stateless can acquire Chilean nationality at birth, irrespective of their parents migrant status, as recommended by the Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW/C/CHL/CO/1, para. 33);

(b) Ratify the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons (1954) and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (1961).

(Forced) migration context Born on territory Birth registration International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/CHL/CO/4-5
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

United Arab Emirates

34. The Committee urges the State party ensure the right of children to acquire the nationality of the State party from their mothers who are nationals of the State party.  36. The Committee recommends that the State party, as a matter of urgency, regularize the situation of stateless...

34. The Committee urges the State party ensure the right of children to acquire the nationality of the State party from their mothers who are nationals of the State party. 

36. The Committee recommends that the State party, as a matter of urgency, regularize the situation of stateless children and ensure their right to a nationality without discrimination. The Committee further recommends that the State party consider ratifying the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons of 1954, and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness of 1961, and that it make use of the expertise of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to address statelessness in the State party.

Remedy/Reparation Gender International Instruments Implementing measures - Other
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/ARE/CO/2
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)

Sudan

28. The Committee recommends that the State party establish clear procedures by which persons from South Sudan in its territory can regularize their status and ensure that procedures are in place so that individuals who have not in fact acquired South Sudanese nationality are not deprived of...

28. The Committee recommends that the State party establish clear procedures by which persons from South Sudan in its territory can regularize their status and ensure that procedures are in place so that individuals who have not in fact acquired South Sudanese nationality are not deprived of their Sudanese nationality and rendered stateless.

Remedy/Reparation Loss/Deprivation
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Statelessness Doc. E/C.12/SDN/CO/2
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)

Sudan

27. The Committee notes with concern that, as a result of the 2011 amendment to the Sudanese Nationality Act, individuals from South Sudan have become stateless. It is further concerned that such persons who reside in the State party are unable to access basic services and/or benefits, such...

27. The Committee notes with concern that, as a result of the 2011 amendment to the Sudanese Nationality Act, individuals from South Sudan have become stateless. It is further concerned that such persons who reside in the State party are unable to access basic services and/or benefits, such as education, health, employment and pensions. (art. 2)

28. The Committee recommends that the State party establish clear procedures by which persons from South Sudan in its territory can regularize their status and ensure that procedures are in place so that individuals who have not in fact acquired South Sudanese nationality are not deprived of their Sudanese nationality and rendered stateless.

Remedy/Reparation Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. E/C.12/SDN/CO/2
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)

Iraq

27. The Committee is concerned about the slow pace of legal reform with regard to equality between men and women and the persistence of provisions that discriminate on the basis of sex in the State party’s Nationality Act and Penal Code, among other legal provisions. 28. The Committee...

27. The Committee is concerned about the slow pace of legal reform with regard to equality between men and women and the persistence of provisions that discriminate on the basis of sex in the State party’s Nationality Act and Penal Code, among other legal provisions.

28. The Committee recommends that the State party expedite its legal reform with a view to repealing all the remaining provisions in its legislation that discriminate on the basis of sex.

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. E/C.12/IRQ/CO/4
Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW)

Timor Leste

40. The Committee recommends that the State party ensure that all children of migrant workers are registered at birth and issued personal identity documents, and raise awareness on the importance of birth registration among migrant workers and members of their families, especially those in...

40. The Committee recommends that the State party ensure that all children of migrant workers are registered at birth and issued personal identity documents, and raise awareness on the importance of birth registration among migrant workers and members of their families, especially those in an irregular situation.

(Forced) migration context Nationality/Identity documentation Birth registration
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Doc. CMW/C/TLS/CO/1