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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Mongolia

108.14 Ratify the ICRMW and the Conventions on Refugees and Stateless persons. 

108.14 Ratify the ICRMW and the Conventions on Refugees and Stateless persons. 

Recommending State: Sierra Leone

Recommendation Noted

International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/30/6
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Mongolia

108.15 Positively consider acceding to the Convention on the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 

108.15 Positively consider acceding to the Convention on the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 

Recommending State: Norway

Recommendation Noted

International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/30/6
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Ghana

30. The Committee reiterates its previous recommendations (para. 33) and recommends that the State party: (a) Implement the recommendations of the UNICEF-supported birth registration bottleneck analysis; (b) Ensure that the Birth and Death Registry and the Ghana Health Service enter into a...

30. The Committee reiterates its previous recommendations (para. 33) and recommends that the State party:

(a) Implement the recommendations of the UNICEF-supported birth registration bottleneck analysis;

(b) Ensure that the Birth and Death Registry and the Ghana Health Service enter into a formal partnership and collaboration agreement;

(c) Allocate sufficient funds to strengthen birth registration initiatives;

(d) Extend free birth registration and issuance of certificates, at least for children under 5 years of age;

(e) Expand the use of mobile birth registration units to ensure nationwide coverage, particularly in rural areas, for asylum-seeking and refugee children, and for children whose birth has never been registered;

(f) Amend the Refugee Act (1992) to ensure that recognized refugee children born outside the State party can be issued with substitute birth certificates;

(g) Increase public awareness about the importance of birth registration and the process by which children are registered.

32. The Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Review the Ghanaian Citizenship Act (2000) and other legislative instruments relating to nationality in order to bring them into line with international standards on the prevention and reduction of statelessness and the protection of stateless children;

(b) Conduct a study mapping statelessness in order to improve efforts to prevent statelessness and protect stateless children or children at risk of statelessness;

(c) Consider acceding to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Statelessness Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Birth registration Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/GHA/CO/3-5
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Liberia

100.125 Further improve the birth registration system and support it by awareness-raising activities, in order to boost the registration numbers. 

100.125 Further improve the birth registration system and support it by awareness-raising activities, in order to boost the registration numbers. 

Recommending State: Türkiye

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration
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Doc. A/HRC/30/4
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Liberia

100.118 Take steps to harmonize her nationality laws in order to provide women with the right to pass on their rights of nationality to children born abroad, on an equal basis with men. 

100.118 Take steps to harmonize her nationality laws in order to provide women with the right to pass on their rights of nationality to children born abroad, on an equal basis with men. 

Recommending State: Kenya

Recommendation Accepted

Born abroad Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. A/HRC/30/4
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Liberia

100.59 Guarantee women the same right as men to transmit their nationality to their children, in particular by deleting Section 20.1 (b) of Part III of the “Law on Immigration and Nationality”. 

100.59 Guarantee women the same right as men to transmit their nationality to their children, in particular by deleting Section 20.1 (b) of Part III of the “Law on Immigration and Nationality”. 

Recommending State: Switzerland

Recommendation Accepted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. A/HRC/30/4
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Liberia

100.119 Do more to fight discrimination against Liberian women by allowing them to transmit their nationalities to their children and their spouses. 

100.119 Do more to fight discrimination against Liberian women by allowing them to transmit their nationalities to their children and their spouses. 

Recommending State: Senegal

Recommendation Accepted

Gender
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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Liberia

100.66 Modify its legislation on nationality so as to guarantee equal rights for men and women with respect to the handing down of nationality to their children and spouses. 

100.66 Modify its legislation on nationality so as to guarantee equal rights for men and women with respect to the handing down of nationality to their children and spouses. 

Recommending State: Mexico

Recommendation Accepted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Doc. A/HRC/30/4
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Ethiopia

34. The Committee urges the State party to: (a) Adopt as a matter of priority a comprehensive birth registration policy and provide all the necessary human, financial and technical resources for its effective implementation, especially in rural areas; (b) Continue to engage with...

34. The Committee urges the State party to:

(a) Adopt as a matter of priority a comprehensive birth registration policy and provide all the necessary human, financial and technical resources for its effective implementation, especially in rural areas;

(b) Continue to engage with development agencies and donors to mobilize the adequate technical and financial resources, and undertake an assessment on the barriers to birth registration and data collection.

68. The Committee urges the State party to:

(e) Withdraw its reservation to the 1951 Refugee Convention regarding primary education and ratify the 1954 United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 United Nations Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness;

(...) 

(g) Ensure that children of refugees are registered at birth;
 

Birth registration International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/ETH/CO/4-5
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)

Uganda

27. (...) The Committee requests that the State party increase its efforts in ensuring universal birth registration, inter alia by revising the Birth and Death Registration Act as necessary. It should also raise awareness among parents about the importance of birth registration, including as...

27. (...) The Committee requests that the State party increase its efforts in ensuring universal birth registration, inter alia by revising the Birth and Death Registration Act as necessary. It should also raise awareness among parents about the importance of birth registration, including as a means to prevent early marriage and child labour, particularly in rural areas.

Birth registration
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Doc. E/C.12/UGA/CO/1