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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Estonia

123.53 Continue improving reforms to legislation on citizenship and nationality, reducing the cost of procedures and by making the language test less demanding to the minimum indispensable. 

123.53 Continue improving reforms to legislation on citizenship and nationality, reducing the cost of procedures and by making the language test less demanding to the minimum indispensable. 

Recommending State: Uruguay

Recommendation Accepted

Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Mozambique

128.120 Ensure the registration of all children after birth in all regions of the country. 

128.120 Ensure the registration of all children after birth in all regions of the country. 

Recommending State: Türkiye

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Paraguay

102.59 Ensure the issuance of birth certificates to all children born on its territory, regardless of the status of their parents. 

102.59 Ensure the issuance of birth certificates to all children born on its territory, regardless of the status of their parents. 

Recommending State: Poland

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Paraguay

102.183 Implement legislation that codifies the protection guaranteed in the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons in national legislation. 

102.183 Implement legislation that codifies the protection guaranteed in the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons in national legislation. 

Recommending State: Portugal

Recommendation Accepted

International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Paraguay

102.60 Further improve its birth registration system and ensure the issuance of birth certificates to all children born on its territory. 

102.60 Further improve its birth registration system and ensure the issuance of birth certificates to all children born on its territory. 

Recommending State: Türkiye

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Paraguay

102.184 Implement a statelessness status determination procedure to ensure the protection of stateless persons who are not refugees. 

102.184 Implement a statelessness status determination procedure to ensure the protection of stateless persons who are not refugees. 

Recommending State: Portugal

Recommendation Accepted

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Identification and determination procedures
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Paraguay

102.61 Increase efforts to ensure that all children born in Paraguay can have their birth registered. 

102.61 Increase efforts to ensure that all children born in Paraguay can have their birth registered. 

Recommending State: Mexico

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Seychelles

120.100 Ensure the protection of children of migrant workers from statelessness. 

120.100 Ensure the protection of children of migrant workers from statelessness

Recommending State: Ukraine

Recommendation Accepted

(Forced) migration context
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Seychelles

120.24 Ratify the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons. 

120.24 Ratify the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons. 

Recommending State: Chile

Recommendation Noted

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

France

32. The Committee recommends that the State party address discrepancies among registry offices, and that it ratify the 1997 European Convention on Nationality and the 2009 Council of Europe Convention on the avoidance of statelessness in relation to State succession. The Committee reiterates...

32. The Committee recommends that the State party address discrepancies among registry offices, and that it ratify the 1997 European Convention on Nationality and the 2009 Council of Europe Convention on the avoidance of statelessness in relation to State succession. The Committee reiterates its previous recommendation and urges the State party to strengthen its efforts to ensure birth registration for all children in the overseas departments and territories, particularly in French Guyana, including through considering a longer extension of the period of time for the registration of newborns (see CRC/C/FRA/CO/4 and Corr.1, para. 42).

Birth registration International Instruments