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: 2354

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

99.67. Continue strengthening measures to ensure free birth registration of all children at birth, as well as to identify all children who have not been registered or have not obtained an identity document.

99.67. Continue strengthening measures to ensure free birth registration of all children at birth, as well as to identify all children who have not been registered or have not obtained an identity document.

Recommending State: Uruguay

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

99.71. Prepare and implement a specific birth registration strategy for indigenous peoples.

99.71. Prepare and implement a specific birth registration strategy for indigenous peoples.

Recommending State: Slovenia

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

116.69. Speed up the birth registration process of women who are not in possession of birth certificates and identity documents, in particular in the rural and remote areas of the country.

116.69. Speed up the birth registration process of women who are not in possession of birth certificates and identity documents, in particular in the rural and remote areas of the country.

Recommending State: Uruguay

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

116.70. Continue to increase the coverage of identification and birth registration services, including in the rural jungle areas.

116.70. Continue to increase the coverage of identification and birth registration services, including in the rural jungle areas.

Recommending State: Chile

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

116.68. Facilitate the registration of all births and promote, in line with article 7 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, birth registration of those children who were not registered at birth, in particular in the rural and remote areas of the country. Simultaneously, provide...

116.68. Facilitate the registration of all births and promote, in line with article 7 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, birth registration of those children who were not registered at birth, in particular in the rural and remote areas of the country. Simultaneously, provide training to personnel in charge of birth registration.

Recommending State: Uruguay

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

94.116. Develop and adopt legislation in the area of protection of the rights of migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and stateless persons in accordance with relevant international standards.

94.116. Develop and adopt legislation in the area of protection of the rights of migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and stateless persons in accordance with relevant international standards.

Recommending State: Belarus

Recommendation Accepted

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

122.7. Ratify the Rome Statute of the ICC, the 1951 Refugees Convention and its 1967 Protocol, as well as the Conventions on statelessness.

122.7. Ratify the Rome Statute of the ICC, the 1951 Refugees Convention and its 1967 Protocol, as well as the Conventions on statelessness.

Recommending State: Austria

Recommendation Noted

International Instruments

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

97.11. Ratify the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence.

97.11. Ratify the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence.

Recommending State: Portugal

Recommendation Accepted

International Instruments

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

97.125. Review its legislation to ensure the right of all boys and girls to have a nationality and ensure birth registration, regardless of their ethnic origin or their parents' status.

97.125. Review its legislation to ensure the right of all boys and girls to have a nationality and ensure birth registration, regardless of their ethnic origin or their parents' status.

Recommending State: Mexico

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

147.79. Adopt comprehensive measures against discrimination towards children and repeal all legislation that discriminates against children born out of wedlock. Promote awareness campaigns and education programs about the human rights of all boys, girls and adolescents, particularly in...

147.79. Adopt comprehensive measures against discrimination towards children and repeal all legislation that discriminates against children born out of wedlock. Promote awareness campaigns and education programs about the human rights of all boys, girls and adolescents, particularly in relation to the acquisition of nationality, inheritance rights and the right to identity.

Recommending State: Uruguay

Recommendation Accepted

Awareness raising/Capacity building/Training