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Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Antigua and Barbuda

56. The Committee recommends that the State party accede to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and establish referral mechanisms to ensure the proper identification and protection of victims of trafficking, especially unaccompanied children, and to provide victims of...

56. The Committee recommends that the State party accede to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and establish referral mechanisms to ensure the proper identification and protection of victims of trafficking, especially unaccompanied children, and to provide victims of trafficking, including children, an effective opportunity to seek asylum. 

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

Lebanon

17. Notwithstanding the commendable efforts to ensure that all children in the State party are registered, the Committee, noting the existence of discrimination and administrative obstacles that preclude some children from being registered, in particular Palestinian and Syrian refugee...

17. Notwithstanding the commendable efforts to ensure that all children in the State party are registered, the Committee, noting the existence of discrimination and administrative obstacles that preclude some children from being registered, in particular Palestinian and Syrian refugee children, and Dom and Bedouin children, recommends that the State party undertake the following measures:

(a) Intensify discussions with the relevant religious authorities and other relevant stakeholders with a view to amending Decree No. 15 on Lebanese Nationality of 1925 to grant Lebanese women equal rights with Lebanese men with regard to transmission of their nationality to their children and to provide adequate safeguards to ensure the conferral of citizenship to children who would otherwise be stateless;

(b) Further strengthen efforts to ensure that all births of children in the State party are registered, in particular, children of refugees and asylum seekers, migrant workers and historically stateless communities, including by streamlining documentation requirements and other barriers to obtaining an official birth certificate in cooperation with the States concerned, and to provide statistics to assess this issue in its next periodic report;

(...)

(d) In the absence of formal registration, ensure that valid special identity cards are provided to children of Palestinian fathers who are neither registered as refugees by United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East in Lebanon nor recognized as such by the Lebanese authorities. Streamline the application and renewal processes, and ensure that such special identity cards are recognized as having the same status as formal registration by the Lebanese authorities;

(e) Amend the 1951 Personal Status Law to facilitate birth registration for children over the age of one year, and amend article 12 of the Registration of Personal Status Documents Act to allow the mother or the juvenile court judge to request the registration of such children in addition to the Public Prosecutor or father of the child;

(f) Ensure that article 1.3 of Decree No. 15 of the Lebanese nationality law, which provides for granting Lebanese nationality to children born in Lebanon of unknown parents or parents of unknown nationality, is implemented in practice, and amend article 25 of Act No. 422 on the Protection of Minors in Conflict with the Law or at Risk so that an unregistered minor is not considered at risk in accordance with this law;

(g) Consider becoming a party to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness

30. While commending the efforts of the Ministry of Public Health to upgrade and expand the primary health-care system, including the response of the health sector to the Syrian refugee crisis, the Committee, with reference to its general comment No. 15 (2013) on the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health, and taking note of targets 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 of the Sustainable Development Goals, recommends that the State party:

(a) Continue to strengthen efforts to ensure access to quality health care, in particular for stateless, refugee and asylum-seeking children, children of migrant workers and families in situations of poverty, by expanding the national network of primary health centres to cover all primary health centres in the State party and the accreditation programme established by the Ministry of Public Health; 

35. Taking note of targets 4.1, 4.2, 4.5 and 4.a of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Committee urges the State party to:

(a) Ensure the right to compulsory and free education for all and continue efforts aimed at improving access to education by refugee, asylum-seeking and stateless children by addressing barriers to access to education, including inadequate facilities and funding; 

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Nationality/Identity documentation Birth registration Gender International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Qatar

20. With reference to its previous recommendation (see CRC/C/QAT/CO/2, para. 34) and those of other treaty bodies and the universal periodic review, the Committee urges the State party to review its legislation on nationality in order to ensure that nationality can be transmitted to children...

20. With reference to its previous recommendation (see CRC/C/QAT/CO/2, para. 34) and those of other treaty bodies and the universal periodic review, the Committee urges the State party to review its legislation on nationality in order to ensure that nationality can be transmitted to children through both the maternal and paternal line without distinction, in particular for those children who would otherwise be stateless. The Committee also recommends that the State party consider ratifying the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons of 1954 and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness of 1961 and seek technical assistance for the implementation of these recommendations from, among others, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). 

32. While noting the State party’s efforts to ensure that Syrian children have access to basic education, and commending the enhanced measures for facilitating the issuance of civil and birth registration documents to ensure that every child born in the State party is able to obtain a birth certificate, the Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Improve coordination between governmental and semi-governmental institutions dealing with children’s rights and enhance cooperation with UNHCR by signing a memorandum of understanding;

(b) Consider acceding to the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness

Gender International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action Implementing measures - Other
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Kenya

28. In accordance with its general recommendation No. 30 (2004) on discrimination against non-citizens, the Committee urges the State party to stop discriminatory practices and accelerate its efforts to address statelessness, including through standardized registration procedures and...

28. In accordance with its general recommendation No. 30 (2004) on discrimination against non-citizens, the Committee urges the State party to stop discriminatory practices and accelerate its efforts to address statelessness, including through standardized registration procedures and issuance of official identification documents. The Committee also urges the State party to consider awarding Kenyan citizenship to all Nubians who were residing in Kenya on the date of Kenyan independence and their descendants.
 

Lack of documents/Access to documentation Remedy/Reparation Nationality/Identity documentation
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Cyprus

28. Bearing in mind the indivisibility of all human rights, the Committee encourages the State party to consider ratifying those international human rights instruments that it has not yet ratified, in particular treaties with provisions that have direct relevance to communities that may be...

28. Bearing in mind the indivisibility of all human rights, the Committee encourages the State party to consider ratifying those international human rights instruments that it has not yet ratified, in particular treaties with provisions that have direct relevance to communities that may be subjected to racial discrimination, including (...) the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.
 

International Instruments
Committee against Torture (CAT)

Lebanon

53. The State party should: (...) (d) Consider ratifying the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

53. The State party should:

(...)

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

International Instruments
Committee against Torture (CAT)

Bahrain

33. The State party should: (...) (d) Refrain from using revocation of citizenship as a form of reprisal against human rights defenders, journalists and any other critics who are political activists and not in favour of the authorities.

33. The State party should:

(...)

(d) Refrain from using revocation of citizenship as a form of reprisal against human rights defenders, journalists and any other critics who are political activists and not in favour of the authorities.

Loss/Deprivation
Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW)

Nigeria

28. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Take all measures necessary to extend the guarantees relating to privacy, freedom of movement and protection against racial discrimination to migrant workers and to remove all provisions that discriminate against foreign men in...

28. The Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Take all measures necessary to extend the guarantees relating to privacy, freedom of movement and protection against racial discrimination to migrant workers and to remove all provisions that discriminate against foreign men in relation to the acquisition of nationality;

Gender
Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW)

Jamaica

55. The Committee recommends that the State party: (e) Provide information on the birth registration of children born to Jamaican migrant workers abroad and the children of migrant workers born in Jamaica, regardless of the immigration status of their parents.

55. The Committee recommends that the State party:

(e) Provide information on the birth registration of children born to Jamaican migrant workers abroad and the children of migrant workers born in Jamaica, regardless of the immigration status of their parents.

Birth registration
Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW)

Bangladesh

40. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Ensure that all children of migrant workers are registered at birth and issued personal identity documents in line with target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals and raise awareness of the importance of birth registration among...

40. The Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Ensure that all children of migrant workers are registered at birth and issued personal identity documents in line with target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals and raise awareness of the importance of birth registration among migrant workers and members of their families, especially those in an irregular situation;

(b) Ensure that children born prior to 31 December 2008 to a Bangladeshi mother and a non-citizen father can obtain Bangladeshi citizenship;

(c) Accede to the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Birth registration Gender International Instruments