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Human Rights Committee (CCPR)

North Macedonia

20. The State party should accelerate its efforts to identify children whose birth has not been registered and children without identity documents and to ensure the retroactive registration of births and the issuance of documents for those children. It should also ensure that children...

20. The State party should accelerate its efforts to identify children whose birth has not been registered and children without identity documents and to ensure the retroactive registration of births and the issuance of documents for those children. It should also ensure that children without identity documents are not refused access to health, education and other public services. The State party should strengthen its efforts to ensure birth registration and the provision of birth certificates for all children, particularly in rural areas, through interventions such as awareness-raising programmes and by simplifying registration procedures.

 

Nationality/Identity documentation Birth registration
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Doc. CCPR/C/MKD/CO/3
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Viet Nam

39. In line with its general recommendation No. 32 on the gender-related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality and statelessness of women, the Committee recommends that the State party: (...) (b) Continue to facilitate the reduction of statelessness, in particular the...

39. In line with its general recommendation No. 32 on the gender-related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality and statelessness of women, the Committee recommends that the State party: (...)

(b) Continue to facilitate the reduction of statelessness, in particular the reacquisition of Vietnamese nationality by women who became stateless by renouncing that nationality;
(c) Expedite its accession to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol, 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. CEDAW/C/VNM/CO/7-8
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Gambia

31. The Committee recommends that the State party ensure that all children born in the State party, including those born out of wedlock or in rural areas, are immediately registered at birth to enable them to gain access to citizenship, education and health, and that it take steps to put an...

31. The Committee recommends that the State party ensure that all children born in the State party, including those born out of wedlock or in rural areas, are immediately registered at birth to enable them to gain access to citizenship, education and health, and that it take steps to put an end to the stigmatization of children born out of wedlock and their mothers.

Birth registration
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Doc. CEDAW/C/GMB/CO/4-5
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

27. The Committee recommends that the State party amend its relevant legislation to grant women citizens equal rights with men regarding the transmission of their nationality to their foreign spouses.

27. The Committee recommends that the State party amend its relevant legislation to grant women citizens equal rights with men regarding the transmission of their nationality to their foreign spouses.

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. CEDAW/C/VCT/CO/4-8
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Libya

137.86 Take the necessary measures to guarantee women the right to transfer their nationality to their children born in the territory, regardless of the status or nationality of the father.  

137.86 Take the necessary measures to guarantee women the right to transfer their nationality to their children born in the territory, regardless of the status or nationality of the father.  

Recommending State: Argentina

Recommendation Accepted

Born on territory Gender
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Doc. A/HRC/30/16
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Libya

137.193 Take all action necessary to ensure the protection of refugees and asylum seekers, including the provision of access to birth registration for all children born in Libya, and the ratification of the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol. 

137.193 Take all action necessary to ensure the protection of refugees and asylum seekers, including the provision of access to birth registration for all children born in Libya, and the ratification of the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol. 

Recommending State: New Zealand

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration
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Doc. A/HRC/30/16
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Libya

137.87 Ensure that Libyan mothers are able to pass their nationality to their children, regardless of the nationality of the child’s father, and ensure access to birth registration for all children born in Libya. 

137.87 Ensure that Libyan mothers are able to pass their nationality to their children, regardless of the nationality of the child’s father, and ensure access to birth registration for all children born in Libya. 

Recommending State: Poland

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration Gender
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Doc. A/HRC/30/16
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Libya

137.194 Develop a comprehensive strategy to address the needs of refugees and internally displaced persons caused by the conflict, including measures to ensure access to the birth registration of all children born in Libya, with emphasis on asylum seekers from sub-Saharan Africa. 

137.194 Develop a comprehensive strategy to address the needs of refugees and internally displaced persons caused by the conflict, including measures to ensure access to the birth registration of all children born in Libya, with emphasis on asylum seekers from sub-Saharan Africa. 

Recommending State: Mexico

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration
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Doc. A/HRC/30/16
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Libya

137.85 Undertake harmonization of Libya’s nationality law to place women on an equal footing with men regarding the right to acquire, change or pass on their nationality. 

137.85 Undertake harmonization of Libya’s nationality law to place women on an equal footing with men regarding the right to acquire, change or pass on their nationality. 

Recommending State: Kenya

Recommendation Accepted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. A/HRC/30/16
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Libya

137.88 Address discrimination against women in Law No. 24 for 2010 on the Libyan Nationality so that women can transfer their nationality to their children and foreign spouses, and acquire, change or retain their nationality, on an equal basis with men, in line with article 9 of the...

137.88 Address discrimination against women in Law No. 24 for 2010 on the Libyan Nationality so that women can transfer their nationality to their children and foreign spouses, and acquire, change or retain their nationality, on an equal basis with men, in line with article 9 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. 

Recommending State: Portugal

Recommendation Accepted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. A/HRC/30/16