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: 2282

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

114.20. Take measures to ensure the universal registration of births, including through the simplification of necessary requirements and the removal of costs.

114.20. Take measures to ensure the universal registration of births, including through the simplification of necessary requirements and the removal of costs.

Recommending State: Mexico

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

157.114. Modify the law relating to the nationality in a way to recognize the right of Kuwaiti women to transmit their nationality to their spouses and children.

157.114. Modify the law relating to the nationality in a way to recognize the right of Kuwaiti women to transmit their nationality to their spouses and children.

Recommending State: Togo

Recommendation Noted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

157.241. Strengthen actions to ensure that the rights of stateless individuals (Bidoun), domestic migrant workers and foreign female workers are protected and stateless children have access to education and health care.

157.241. Strengthen actions to ensure that the rights of stateless individuals (Bidoun), domestic migrant workers and foreign female workers are protected and stateless children have access to education and health care.

Recommending State: Netherlands

Recommendation Noted

Protection/Enjoyment of rights

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

157.249. Implement the strategic plan to resolve the issue of stateless individuals in Kuwait, through a transparent system in which individuals whose nationality and status is unresolved can either attain Kuwaiti nationality rightfully or otherwise regularize their situation.

157.249. Implement the strategic plan to resolve the issue of stateless individuals in Kuwait, through a transparent system in which individuals whose nationality and status is unresolved can either attain Kuwaiti nationality rightfully or otherwise regularize their situation.

Recommending State: United Kingdom

Recommendation Noted

Remedy/Reparation

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

157.31. Accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons.

157.31. Accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless
Persons.

Recommending State: Slovakia

Recommendation Noted

International Instruments

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

157.117. Strengthen its efforts in order to end discrimination against women, especially by revising the Personal Status Law and granting women the right to confer their nationality.

157.117. Strengthen its efforts in order to end discrimination against women, especially by revising the Personal Status Law and granting women the right to confer their nationality.

Recommending State: Germany

Recommendation Noted

Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

157.244. Enhance efforts to facilitate the regularization of Bidouns, so that they can fully enjoy their rights.

157.244. Enhance efforts to facilitate the regularization of Bidouns, so that they can fully enjoy their rights.

Recommending State: Italy

Recommendation Noted

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Remedy/Reparation

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

157.252. Take appropriate measures to address concerns over having withdrawn the citizenship of naturalized Kuwaiti citizens.

157.252. Take appropriate measures to address concerns over having withdrawn the citizenship of naturalized Kuwaiti citizens.

Recommending State: South Korea

Recommendation Noted

Loss/Deprivation

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

157.34. Make a credible commitment to improving the status of Bidouns by ratifying the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

157.34. Make a credible commitment to improving the status of Bidouns by ratifying the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Recommending State: Germany

Recommendation Noted

International Instruments

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

157.120. Implement the principle of non-discrimination guaranteed by the Constitution, and guarantee the rights of Bidouns to their nationality.

157.120. Implement the principle of non-discrimination guaranteed by the Constitution, and guarantee the rights of Bidouns to their nationality.

Recommending State: France

Recommendation Noted

Remedy/Reparation