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Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW)

Guinea

48. The Committee recommends that the State party: (b) Provide its consular and diplomatic authorities with the appropriate resources they require for the fulfilment of their duties and ensure that they provide the required information and appropriate assistance to Guinean migrant workers...

48. The Committee recommends that the State party:

(b) Provide its consular and diplomatic authorities with the appropriate resources they require for the fulfilment of their duties and ensure that they provide the required information and appropriate assistance to Guinean migrant workers and members of their families living abroad, including those in an irregular situation, in respect of:

      (i) The issuance of personal identification documents to Guinean citizens living abroad;

Nationality/Identity documentation Implementing measures - Other
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Doc. CMW/C/GIN/CO/1
Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW)

Seychelles

26. The Committee notes that birth registration is undertaken in the State party regardless of migration status. However, the Committee is concerned at the lack of information on the measures taken to protect children of migrant workers from becoming stateless considering that the State...

26. The Committee notes that birth registration is undertaken in the State party regardless of migration status. However, the Committee is concerned at the lack of information on the measures taken to protect children of migrant workers from becoming stateless considering that the State party’s citizenship law is based on the principle of jus sanguinis.

27. The State party should take appropriate measures to ensure the protection of children of migrant workers from statelessness.

Implementing measures - Other
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Statelessness Doc. CMW/C/SYC/CO/1
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

Gabon

43. The Committee strongly recommends that the State party adopt the necessary measures to ensure that the birth of all children with disabilities is recorded and promptly initiate programmes to provide identity documents to all persons with disabilities.

43. The Committee strongly recommends that the State party adopt the necessary measures to ensure that the birth of all children with disabilities is recorded and promptly initiate programmes to provide identity documents to all persons with disabilities.

Nationality/Identity documentation Birth registration
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Doc. CRPD/C/GAB/CO/1
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

Kenya

36. The Committee recommends that the State party strengthen the registration programme with the necessary budget and personal resources to ensure that persons with disabilities in all areas of the country, including persons in refugee camps, gain access to identification documents.

36. The Committee recommends that the State party strengthen the registration programme with the necessary budget and personal resources to ensure that persons with disabilities in all areas of the country, including persons in refugee camps, gain access to identification documents.

(Forced) migration context Nationality/Identity documentation Birth registration
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Doc. CRPD/C/KEN/CO/1
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Czechia

27. The Committee is concerned that children born to stateless parents and children born to a foreign mother and a Czech father out of wedlock are at high risk of being stateless and that there is a lack of information on the status of stateless persons in the State party (art. 5). 28. The...

27. The Committee is concerned that children born to stateless parents and children born to a foreign mother and a Czech father out of wedlock are at high risk of being stateless and that there is a lack of information on the status of stateless persons in the State party (art. 5).

28. The Committee recommends that the State party take all measures necessary to ensure that stateless children born in the Czech Republic obtain citizenship of the State party and collect data on the stateless in the State party.

Remedy/Reparation Born on territory Gender Discrimination - Other Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting
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Statelessness Doc. CERD/C/CZE/CO/10-11
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Suriname

20.  (...) In accordance with the international obligations of Suriname under the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees and bearing in mind its general recommendations No. 30 (2004) on discrimination against non-citizens and No. 22 ...

20.  (...) In accordance with the international obligations of Suriname under the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees and bearing in mind its general recommendations No. 30 (2004) on discrimination against non-citizens and No. 22 (1996) on refugees and displaced persons, the Committee recommends that the State party remove administrative barriers and discriminatory practices that currently prevent children born to foreign parents from acquiring nationality at birth and introduce safeguards to prevent statelessness and address discriminatory practices in the application of its 1975 Law on Nationality and Residence, as amended, particularly in the context of birth registration.

38. (...) The Committee also encourages the States party to accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. (...)

Birth registration Discrimination - Other International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CERD/C/SUR/CO/13-15
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Netherlands

20. In the light of its general recommendations No. 27 (2000) on discrimination against Roma and No. 32 (2009), the Committee recommends that the State party take specific measures in favour of Roma, Sinti and Travellers, including by (...) and tackling the problems faced by Roma regarding...

20. In the light of its general recommendations No. 27 (2000) on discrimination against Roma and No. 32 (2009), the Committee recommends that the State party take specific measures in favour of Roma, Sinti and Travellers, including by (...) and tackling the problems faced by Roma regarding registration status and statelessness. The Committee recommends that the State party base these measures on prior consultation with representatives of Roma, Sinti and Travellers to ensure that they are tailored to their particular problems and needs. (...)

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Statelessness Doc. CERD/C/NLD/CO/19-21
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

North Macedonia

21. The Committee recommends that the State party: (...) (c) Take measures to identify children whose births were not registered and who lack identity documents and continue to proceed with retroactive birth registration and issuance of documents, including, if possible, by simplifying the...

21. The Committee recommends that the State party:

(...)

(c) Take measures to identify children whose births were not registered and who lack identity documents and continue to proceed with retroactive birth registration and issuance of documents, including, if possible, by simplifying the entire process.

Nationality/Identity documentation Birth registration
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Doc. CERD/C/MKD/CO/8-10
Committee against Torture (CAT)

Iraq

26. (...) The Committee recommends that the State party: (...) The Committee encourages the State party to consider ratifying (...) the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

26. (...) The Committee recommends that the State party:

(...)

The Committee encourages the State party to consider ratifying (...) the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. CAT/C/IRQ/CO/1
Human Rights Committee (CCPR)

United Kingdom

15. (...) The State party should review its laws to ensure that restrictions on re-entry, and denial of citizenship, on terrorism grounds, include appropriate procedural protections and are consistent with the principles of legality, necessity and proportionality. The State party should also...

15. (...) The State party should review its laws to ensure that restrictions on re-entry, and denial of citizenship, on terrorism grounds, include appropriate procedural protections and are consistent with the principles of legality, necessity and proportionality. The State party should also ensure that appropriate standards and procedures are in place to avoid rendering an individual stateless.

 

Loss/Deprivation Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CCPR/C/GBR/CO/7