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Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Dominican Republic

20. Taking note of target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals and the progress made in the State party in registering children before they turn 1 year old and the positive impact of the placement of birth registration outreach workers in priority hospitals, the Committee recommends...

20. Taking note of target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals and the progress made in the State party in registering children before they turn 1 year old and the positive impact of the placement of birth registration outreach workers in priority hospitals, the Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Continue its efforts to ensure that all children born on its territory are registered immediately and issued, free of charge, with an official birth certificate, especially those living in rural areas, not born in a hospital, from poor households, of adolescent mothers and of foreign parents, particularly babies of Dominican-Haitian couples and Dominican-born babies of Venezuelan descent;

(b) Accelerate efforts to approve the amendment of Act No. 659-44, which eliminates the judicial process for late registration and provides for an electronic civil registry;

(c) Strengthen the Inter-Agency Coordination Committee and ensure the proper implementation of Act No. 4-23 and the Inter-Agency Cooperation Framework Agreement for the Timely and Late Registration of Births in the Dominican Republic;

(d) Ensure that the lack of a birth certificate does not deny children’s access to education.

22. The Committee urges the State party:

(a) To remove legal provisions and administrative practices that prevent the birth registration and access to nationality of children of Haitian descent, including by reviewing articles 3 and 4 of the Naturalization Act of 1948 and the General Migration Act;

(b) To ensure that women are granted equal rights to men to confer Dominican nationality on their children;

(c) To prevent statelessness at birth and statelessness caused by collective deprivation of nationality and ensure that every child has the right to a nationality;

(d) To guarantee that immigrant and Dominican-born children of Haitian descent who are beneficiaries of Act No. 169-14 have the right to acquire nationality by expediting the implementation of that Act and of the National Plan for the Regularization of Foreigners, regularize or restore the nationality of children affected by Constitutional Court judgment 168-13 and provide access to legal documentation to acquire a nationality without discrimination;

(e) To adopt a protocol to extend the migratory status provided for in the normalization plan for Venezuelans to all children born in the State party of parents of Venezuelan nationality, enabling them to access provisional legal documentation and nationality;

(f) To eliminate barriers and guarantee immigrant and Dominican-born children of foreign descent who have no legal documentation equal access to, and full and effective exercise of, all rights, especially the rights to health, education, social protection and protection from violence;

(g) To consider ratifying the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons of 1954 and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness of 1961.

Remedy/Reparation Loss/Deprivation (Forced) migration context Nationality/Identity documentation Born on territory Born abroad Birth registration Gender Race/Ethnicity International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Kyrgyzstan

20. Noting with appreciation the measures taken to end statelessness and achieve universal birth registration, the Committee recalls target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals and recommends that the State party: (a) Continue its efforts to ensure the right of all children, regardless...

20. Noting with appreciation the measures taken to end statelessness and achieve universal birth registration, the Committee recalls target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals and recommends that the State party:

(a) Continue its efforts to ensure the right of all children, regardless of their parents’ immigration or residence status, to be registered at birth and have access to identification cards, such as by: (i) simplifying the documentation requirements for birth registration and the issuance of birth certificates, particularly for children of parents who do not have the required documents; (ii) waiving fines for late birth registration for families in need; and (iii) ensuring that the Balaga Suyunchu birth allowance is available to all families who need it;

(b) Simplify the application procedures for citizenship and residency, with a view to facilitating the acquisition of nationality for children who would otherwise be stateless and ensuring that children without a regular residence status have access to basic services;

(c) Develop a procedure to determine the stateless status of children in order to properly identify and protect stateless children, and consider ratifying the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, in line with its commitments made in 2019.

35. Recalling targets 3.3 and 3.8 of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Committee recommends that the State party:

(b) Ensure the access of asylum-seeking, refugee, migrant and stateless children to primary health services;

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Identification and determination procedures Access to nationality/Naturalization Nationality/Identity documentation Birth registration International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Albania

21. Noting that children from Roma and Egyptian minority groups, migrant children, children not born in health-care institutions, children living in rural areas and children born abroad, including to Albanian parents in refugee camps in the SyrianArab Republic, experience disproportionately...

21. Noting that children from Roma and Egyptian minority groups, migrant children, children not born in health-care institutions, children living in rural areas and children born abroad, including to Albanian parents in refugee camps in the SyrianArab Republic, experience disproportionately low rates of birth registration, and recalling target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Ensure the issuance of birth certificates to all children born in its territory, immediately after birth, regardless of the immigration status of the child or the parents, including those who are undocumented;

(b) Improve collaboration between civil registry authorities and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to facilitate the registration of children born abroad;

(c) Expand community education and outreach regarding the registration process and legal aid available, targeting children whose registration continues to present challenges;

(d) Consider ratifying the Council of Europe Convention on the Avoidance of Statelessness in relation to State Succession.

Birth registration International Instruments
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Andorra

40. Recalling its previous recommendations6 and joint general comments No. 3 and No. 4 of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families/No. 22 and No. 23 (2017) of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the general principles...

40. Recalling its previous recommendations6 and joint general comments No. 3 and No. 4 of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families/No. 22 and No. 23 (2017) of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the general principles regarding the human rights of children in the context of international migration, the Committee recommends that the State party: (...)

(c) Consider ratifying the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the Protocol thereto, the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness

International Instruments
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Togo

24. Recalling target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals and its previous recommendations, the Committee urges the State party: (a) To ensure free and universal birth registration, with particular attention paid to the poorest families and rural areas, including by increasing the...

24. Recalling target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals and its previous recommendations, the Committee urges the State party:

(a) To ensure free and universal birth registration, with particular attention paid to the poorest families and rural areas, including by increasing the number of birth registration facilities, promoting birth registration for all children through awarenes sraising campaigns, improving the monitoring of birth registration and strengthening cooperation between health and civil registry services;

(b) To abolish fees for late birth registration and review the legislation accordingly, including Decree No. 2021-134/PR, so that legal remedies are not necessary; 

(c) To ensure that a birth certificate is provided free of charge for every registered birth and that children without a birth certificate can access education and all other essential social services, and to consider implementing “catch-up registration” through schools;

(d) To review legislation to ensure that Togolese nationality can be conferred by either parent;

(e) To facilitate naturalization and access to nationality for refugee children and their parents;

(f) To implement the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Access to nationality/Naturalization Birth registration Gender International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

France

45.338 Increase the implementation of concrete measures to guarantee the protection of the rights of migrants, refugees, asylum-seekers and stateless persons, particularly women and children. 

45.338 Increase the implementation of concrete measures to guarantee the protection of the rights of migrants, refugees, asylum-seekers and stateless persons, particularly women and children. 

Recommending State: Uruguay

Recommendation Accepted

Protection/Enjoyment of rights
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Serbia

130.154 Remove barriers to the birth registration of girls and boys born on Serbian territory, regardless of the status of their parents.

130.154 Remove barriers to the birth registration of girls and boys born on Serbian territory, regardless of the status of their parents.

Recommending State: Mexico

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Serbia

130.193 Adopt regulations to guarantee the right to nationality and prevent cases of statelessness, including by easing the process for the newly born of undocumented parents. 

130.193 Adopt regulations to guarantee the right to nationality and prevent cases of statelessness, including by easing the process for the newly born of undocumented parents. 

Recommending State: Indonesia

Recommendation Accepted

Children - Other Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Liechtenstein

116.183 Establish a facilitated naturalization process for refugees and stateless persons in accordance with the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons.

116.183 Establish a facilitated naturalization process for refugees and stateless persons in accordance with the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons.

Recommending State: Uruguay

Recommendation Noted

Remedy/Reparation
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4th

Liechtenstein

116.184 Automatically grant nationality to children born in Liechtenstein who otherwise would be stateless, in accordance with the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and the principle of the best interest of the child. 

116.184 Automatically grant nationality to children born in Liechtenstein who otherwise would be stateless, in accordance with the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and the principle of the best interest of the child. 

Recommending State: Costa Rica

Recommendation Accepted

Born on territory