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Committee against Torture (CAT)

Bolivia

17. (...) The State party should also: (a) Establish regulations to govern the procedures used to determine whether or not a person is stateless and the procedures relating to the determination of migrant status, documentation and the protection of such persons in order to ensure that the...

17. (...) The State party should also:

(a) Establish regulations to govern the procedures used to determine whether or not a person is stateless and the procedures relating to the determination of migrant status, documentation and the protection of such persons in order to ensure that the State party is fulfilling the international commitments assumed under the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons (1954). The State party should also grant its nationality, in accordance with its national laws and subject to the criteria set forth in the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (1961), to persons who were not born on Bolivian territory but who would otherwise be stateless. The State may request technical advisory services, as needed, from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in this connection;

(b) Establish effective mechanisms for the identification of asylum seekers, stateless persons and other individuals in need of international protection and for their referral to CONARE and other authorized institutions. The State party should take particular care to ensure that people are not wrongfully turned back at the border and that victims of trafficking and other persons in need of international protection are identified, especially in the context of mixed migration flows.

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Identification and determination procedures (Forced) migration context Access to nationality/Naturalization Born abroad Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action Implementing measures - Other
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Statelessness Doc. CAT/C/BOL/CO/2
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Guinea

45. The Committee encourages the State party to strengthen its efforts to expand and expedite the process of birth registration, particularly in rural areas, through the effective functioning of the National Direction for Civil Status and by lowering the cost of birth certificates. It...

45. The Committee encourages the State party to strengthen its efforts to expand and expedite the process of birth registration, particularly in rural areas, through the effective functioning of the National Direction for Civil Status and by lowering the cost of birth certificates. It further recommends that the State party launch extensive awareness-raising programmes including campaigns on the importance of birth registration, on the process of registration, and on the benefits thereof.

76. (...) The Committee also recommends that the State party consider ratifying the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Birth registration International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/GIN/CO/2
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)

Rwanda

11. (...) The Committee further recommends that the State party ensure the registration of all children born in its territory, in particular refugee, asylum seekers and stateless children, including by revising the Law No. 14/2008 of 4 June 2008 Law Governing the Registration of the...

11. (...) The Committee further recommends that the State party ensure the registration of all children born in its territory, in particular refugee, asylum seekers and stateless children, including by revising the Law No. 14/2008 of 4 June 2008 Law Governing the Registration of the Population and Issuance of National Identity Card to extend the registration deadline and by providing training to civil registry officials.

Birth registration
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Statelessness Doc. E/C.12/RWA/CO/2-4
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)

Iran

28. (...) The Committee recommends that the State party intensify its efforts to ensure that all children receive birth certificates and that the lack of such a document is not an impediment for school enrolment of a child

28. (...) The Committee recommends that the State party intensify its efforts to ensure that all children receive birth certificates and that the lack of such a document is not an impediment for school enrolment of a child

Birth registration
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Doc. E/C.12/IRN/CO/2

Spain

82.  The  Special  Rapporteur  urges  the  Government  to  address  the  situation  of stateless  persons  in  Spain  in  conformity  with  its  international  human  rights obligations. He recommends in particular accelerating the procedure for determining statelessness  and  ensuring  that...

82.  The  Special  Rapporteur  urges  the  Government  to  address  the  situation  of stateless  persons  in  Spain  in  conformity  with  its  international  human  rights obligations. He recommends in particular accelerating the procedure for determining statelessness  and  ensuring  that  adequate  resources,  including  human  and  financial, are  provided  to  carry  out  this  procedure  in  a  timely  manner  respectful  of  human rights.  

90.  The  Special  Rapporteur  recommends  that  Spain  ratify  the  International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 

Identification and determination procedures International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/23/56/Add.2
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)

Azerbaijan

9. While appreciating the State party’s efforts to improve the situation of the large number of refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), asylum seekers and stateless persons, the Committee is concerned that many of them are still living in sub-standard conditions and that they are not...

9. While appreciating the State party’s efforts to improve the situation of the large number of refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), asylum seekers and stateless persons, the Committee is concerned that many of them are still living in sub-standard conditions and that they are not fully enjoying their economic, social and cultural rights, in particular access to health care, adequate housing and legal employment. (art. 2)

(...)

The Committee also recommends that the State party implement a status determination procedure to identify stateless persons in the country and to grant them a legal status which would improve their enjoyment of economic social and cultural rights. Furthermore, the Committee recommends that the State party ensure the right of refugees and asylum seekers to register their marriages by lifting the administrative requirements or by granting a special measure to facilitate their right to marry.

16. (...) The Committee calls on the State party to intensify its efforts to guarantee health services to all. The Committee recommends that the State party take measures to guarantee access to sexual and reproductive health services, in particular in rural and remote areas, including to refugees, asylum seekers, IDPs and stateless persons. The Committee recommends that the State party take necessary measures to fight against corruption in the health sector so that non-official fees are not collected from patients. The Committee also recommends that the State party monitor mental health centres and services to ensure compliance with the established international standards.

23. The Committee is concerned that, while the State party succeeded to drastically lower the level of poverty from almost 50 per cent in 2002 to 7.6 per cent in 2012, a
considerable part of the population still live below the poverty line, especially the most disadvantaged and marginalized groups. The Committee is also concerned that the level of
poverty is especially acute in rural areas (arts.10 and 11).

The Committee strongly urges the State party to intensify its efforts to combat poverty, especially among the most disadvantaged and marginalized members of the population, including persons with disabilities, IDPs, refugees, asylum seekers, stateless persons, and migrant workers and to reduce disparities between the capital and the rural areas, and provide information on the progress made in its next report, including sex-disaggregated data per year for the groups listed above. In that respect, the Committee draws the State party’s attention to its statement concerning poverty and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (E/C.12/2001/10).

 

 

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Identification and determination procedures Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. E/C.12/AZE/CO/3
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)

Azerbaijan

9. (...) The Committee also recommends that the State party implement a status determination procedure to identify stateless persons in the country and to grant them a legal status which would improve their enjoyment of economic social and cultural rights. (...) 16. (...) The Committee...

9. (...) The Committee also recommends that the State party implement a status determination procedure to identify stateless persons in the country and to grant them a legal status which would improve their enjoyment of economic social and cultural rights. (...)

16. (...) The Committee calls on the State party to intensify its efforts to guarantee health services to all. The Committee recommends that the State party take measures to guarantee access to sexual and reproductive health services, in particular in rural and remote areas, including to refugees, asylum seekers, IDPs and stateless persons. (...)

23. (...) The Committee strongly urges the State party to intensify its efforts to combat poverty, especially among the most disadvantaged and marginalized members of the population, including persons with disabilities, IDPs, refugees, asylum seekers, stateless persons, and migrant workers and to reduce disparities between the capital and the rural areas, and provide information on the progress made in its next report, including sex-disaggregated data per year for the groups listed above. In that respect, the Committee draws the State party’s attention to its statement concerning poverty and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (E/C.12/2001/10).

 

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Identification and determination procedures Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting
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Statelessness Doc. E/C.12/AZE/CO/3
Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW)

Azerbaijan

31. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Intensify its efforts to ensure that all children of migrant workers are registered at birth and issued personal identity documents; (b) Provide training to the relevant law enforcement officers on the systematic birth registration of...

31. The Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Intensify its efforts to ensure that all children of migrant workers are registered at birth and issued personal identity documents;

(b) Provide training to the relevant law enforcement officers on the systematic birth registration of all children of migrant workers;

(c) 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/AZE/CO/2
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

Paraguay

46. The Committee urges the State party to set up a programme on the civil registration of children with disabilities at birth, on an equal footing with other children, and decentralize registry procedures and ensure that they can be carried out simply, quickly and free of charge.

46. The Committee urges the State party to set up a programme on the civil registration of children with disabilities at birth, on an equal footing with other children, and decentralize registry procedures and ensure that they can be carried out simply, quickly and free of charge.

Birth registration
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Doc. CRPD/C/PRY/CO/1

Italy

12. (...) It has signed but not ratified the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 60. According to the law, unaccompanied children cannot be detained and are to be issued with a residence permit (Decreto Legislativo 286/98, article 19.2.a). Other vulnerable categories of...

12. (...) It has signed but not ratified the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

60. According to the law, unaccompanied children cannot be detained and are to be issued with a residence permit (Decreto Legislativo 286/98, article 19.2.a). Other vulnerable categories of migrants, such as victims of trafficking or asylum applicants, cannot be removed. Other provisions further protect minors, and pregnant women and their spouses, or parents of new born babies up to six months old. However, the Special Rapporteur notes that certain practical obstacles, including lack of cooperation of countries of origin of irregular migrants, statelessness, and difficulties in the identification of persons subject to a removal, are other reasons for which these orders are not able to be carried out.

81. The Special Rapporteur encountered numerous detainees in CIEs who in fact did not have citizenship of any country. These stateless persons have little possibility of being identified, yet nevertheless are detained, often for extended periods. Of particular concern to the Special Rapporteur were stateless persons with particular ties to Italy. These cases often involved Roma, who often were born in, or have longstanding ties to Italy, speak Italian, and have no other country of citizenship. Stateless Roma detainees, the Special Rapporteur was told, were often detained for a number of months, and eventually released with an order to leave the country. They of course do not leave, as Italy is the only home they know, but often find themselves detained again. This vicious cycle appears to serve no legitimate legal or policy aim and in practice simply serves to undermine the human rights of the affected persons.

85. The Special Rapporteur thus urges the Italian authorities to undertake an individual assessment of the necessity of detention in all cases. Such alternatives are particularly important for specific categories of migrants who cannot be properly identified, and stateless persons, especially when born or raised in Italy.

Detention International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/23/46/Add.3