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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Dominican Republic

98.116. Seek the technical advice of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to identify, prevent and reduce statelessness, protect stateless persons and address the statelessness situation. 

98.116. Seek the technical advice of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to identify, prevent and reduce statelessness, protect stateless persons and address the statelessness situation. 

Recommending State: Brazil

Recommendation Noted

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Identification and determination procedures Implementing measures - Other
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Dominican Republic

98.132. All rights be restored retroactively to those affected by the Constitutional Court judgment and that they be given prompt and non-discriminatory means to acquire their Dominican Republic citizenship. 

98.132. All rights be restored retroactively to those affected by the Constitutional Court judgment and that they be given prompt and non-discriminatory means to acquire their Dominican Republic citizenship

Recommending State: Australia

Recommendation Noted

Remedy/Reparation Access to nationality/Naturalization
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Dominican Republic

98.110. Undertake all necessary measures to immediately recognize citizenship to those who had it at the time of their birth. 

98.110. Undertake all necessary measures to immediately recognize citizenship to those who had it at the time of their birth. 

Recommending State: Slovenia

Recommendation Noted

Access to nationality/Naturalization
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Dominican Republic

98.119. The Naturalization law include all persons of foreign descent proving birth in the Dominican Republic before 2010, whether registered or not, be given state identity documents. 

98.119. The Naturalization law include all persons of foreign descent proving birth in the Dominican Republic before 2010, whether registered or not, be given state identity documents. 

Recommending State: Australia

Recommendation Noted

Nationality/Identity documentation Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Uruguay

123.64. Continue to protect the rights of its children, by implementing successful programs that ensure 100% access to birth registration, as well as strengthening the legal framework that guarantees the universal right to education and promote emphasis on care, access and opportunities.  ...

123.64. Continue to protect the rights of its children, by implementing successful programs that ensure 100% access to birth registration, as well as strengthening the legal framework that guarantees the universal right to education and promote emphasis on care, access and opportunities. 

Recommending State: Israel

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Afganistan

137.20 Adhere to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 

137.20 Adhere to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness

Recommending State: Uruguay

Recommendation Noted

International Instruments

Myanmar

49. In addition to tackling impunity, the other underlying issue that the Government is failing to address is the systematic discrimination against and marginalization of the Rohingya community. To tackle this requires key legislative changes. For more than 20 years, holders of the special...

49. In addition to tackling impunity, the other underlying issue that the Government is failing to address is the systematic discrimination against and marginalization of the Rohingya community. To tackle this requires key legislative changes. For more than 20 years, holders of the special procedures mandate on the situation of human rights in Myanmar have been advocating reform of the 1982 Citizenship Act. Particularly problematic under international human rights law is the provision referring to certain “national” and “ethnic” groups as Myanmar citizens, specified by authorities in a list of 8 “national” and 135 “ethnic” groups. The majority of Myanmar citizens have automatically acquired citizenship under this provision by virtue of belonging to one of those groups. In practice, that has led to “nationals” and “ethnic groups” not contained in those listings being discriminated against on the basis of race and ethnicity in their access to citizenship, including the Rohingya Muslims, as well as persons of Indian, Chinese and Nepali descent, which is in contravention of international human rights law. To bring the Citizenship Act into line with international standards, race and ethnicity cannot be determining factors in the granting of citizenship. Instead, the law needs to provide for objective criteria that comply with the principle of non-discrimination, such as birth in the territory and descent (with citizenship being passed through a parent who is a citizen).

51. Taking into consideration the information and allegations the Special Rapporteur has received throughout the course of his six years on this mandate, including during his five visits to Rakhine State, and in particular since the June 2012 violence and its aftermath, he concludes that the pattern of widespread and systematic human rights violations in Rakhine State may constitute crimes against humanity as defined under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. He believes that extrajudicial killing, rape and other forms of sexual violence, arbitrary detention, torture and ill-treatment in detention, denial of due process and fair trial rights, and the forcible transfer and severe deprivation of liberty of populations has taken place on a large scale and has been directed against the Rohingya Muslim population in Rakhine State. He believes that the deprivation of health care is deliberately targeting the Rohingya population, and that the increasingly permanent segregation of that population is taking place. Furthermore, he believes that those human rights violations are connected to discriminatory and persecutory policies against the Rohingya Muslim population, which also include ongoing official and unofficial practices from both local and central authorities restricting rights to nationality, movement, marriage, family, health and privacy. In the country’s ongoing process of democratic transition and national reconciliation, the human rights situation in Rakhine State will be a critical challenge for the Government of Myanmar and the international community to address.

60. Reforms to the Constitution will be needed to embrace the aspirations of ethnic communities to have their human rights respected, to have a say in Government decisions and to benefit from the resources held within their lands. (...) The following constitutional provisions require amendment for the overall transition to a democratic system of civilian governance to proceed: (...) To allow the people of Myanmar to freely choose their Government, the constitutional provisions that currently disqualify persons from standing for election as President or Vice-President, including on grounds of the nationality and birthplace of their parents (art. 59 (b)), the length of time that they have resided in Myanmar before the election (art. 59 (e)) and the nationality of their spouse, their children and the spouses of their children (art. 59 (f)), also require amendment. Furthermore, the Constitution needs to affirm that the fundamental human rights of all people living in Myanmar need to be respected, and not just those of the citizens of Myanmar.

79. In relation to human rights concerns in the context of development, the Government should: (...)

(f) Bring the Citizenship Act into line with international standards, by providing for objective criteria in the granting of citizenship that comply with the principle of non-discrimination, such as birth in the territory and descent (with citizenship being passed through a parent who is a citizen);

(g) Ensure that all children who are born in Myanmar and who do not have a right to the nationality of another State are able to acquire Myanmar citizenship, regardless of the status of their parents, and provide for naturalization under a revised citizenship law.

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

Chile

121.17. Accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 

121.17. Accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness

Recommending State: Azerbaijan

Recommendation Accepted

International Instruments
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Chile

121.123. That all the newborn children born in Chile should have the right to Chilean nationality with a legal framework for their protection.   

121.123. That all the newborn children born in Chile should have the right to Chilean nationality with a legal framework for their protection. 

 

Recommending State: Afganistan

Recommendation Accepted

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

Cambodia

118.59 Continue with measures to guarantee the birth registration of children, with no discrimination against migrant children, and continue strengthening the legal framework for the procedures of acquisition of nationality. 

118.59 Continue with measures to guarantee the birth registration of children, with no discrimination against migrant children, and continue strengthening the legal framework for the procedures of acquisition of nationality

Recommending State: Argentina

Recommendation Accepted

Access to nationality/Naturalization Birth registration Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action