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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Australia

136.228 Ensure that an Australian cannot be deprived of citizenship other than in exceptional circumstances and within the framework of a specific legal procedure. 

136.228 Ensure that an Australian cannot be deprived of citizenship other than in exceptional circumstances and within the framework of a specific legal procedure. 

Recommending State: France

Recommendation Accepted

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Australia

136.102 Continue strengthening the efforts in promoting and protecting non-racial discriminatory policy and specifically also ensure that Aboriginal children have access to birth registration. 

136.102 Continue strengthening the efforts in promoting and protecting non-racial discriminatory policy and specifically also ensure that Aboriginal children have access to birth registration. 

Recommending State: Timor Leste

Recommendation Accepted

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Australia

136.277 Review the current regional offshore processing arrangement, and policy of mandatory detention of refugees, stateless persons and migrants, and uphold all human rights obligations towards refugees, stateless persons and migrants, including the principle of non-refoulement. 

136.277 Review the current regional offshore processing arrangement, and policy of mandatory detention of refugees, stateless persons and migrants, and uphold all human rights obligations towards refugees, stateless persons and migrants, including the principle of non-refoulement. 

Recommending State: Kenya

Recommendation Noted

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Australia

136.171 Further strengthen efforts towards birth registration for all, with a view to encouraging access to relevant procedures. 

136.171 Further strengthen efforts towards birth registration for all, with a view to encouraging access to relevant procedures. 

Recommending State: Türkiye

Recommendation Accepted

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Sao Tome and Principe

108.14 Continue efforts to ensure that all children are registered immediately after birth and that birth registration and the issuance of birth certificates are provided free of charge. 

108.14 Continue efforts to ensure that all children are registered immediately after birth and that birth registration and the issuance of birth certificates are provided free of charge. 

Recommending State: Rwanda

Recommendation Accepted

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Sao Tome and Principe

108.12 Register all children immediately after birth and ensure that birth registration legislation is in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, as recommended by the Committee on the Rights of the Child in its 2013 Concluding Observations. 

108.12 Register all children immediately after birth and ensure that birth registration legislation is in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, as recommended by the Committee on the Rights of the Child in its 2013 Concluding Observations. 

Recommending State: Canada

Recommendation Accepted

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Sao Tome and Principe

108.25 Ensure that all children are registered immediately after birth, and ensure that the national legislation regulating birth registration is in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child. 

108.25 Ensure that all children are registered immediately after birth, and ensure that the national legislation regulating birth registration is in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child. 

Recommending State: South Africa

Recommendation Accepted

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Sao Tome and Principe

108.13 Redouble national measures aimed at ensuring that every child in the country is issued with a birth certificate promptly at birth. 

108.13 Redouble national measures aimed at ensuring that every child in the country is issued with a birth certificate promptly at birth. 

Recommending State: Ghana

Recommendation Accepted

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Sao Tome and Principe

108.26 In order to sustain the increased rate of birth registration, take necessary measures to ensure all children an immediate registration, followed by the issuance of a birth certificate. 

108.26 In order to sustain the increased rate of birth registration, take necessary measures to ensure all children an immediate registration, followed by the issuance of a birth certificate. 

Recommending State: Türkiye

Recommendation Accepted

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Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Slovenia

13. The Committee urges the State party to: (a) Ensure that all erased persons have the possibility to restore their legal status without excessive administrative constraints, by extending indefinitely the applicability of the act regulating the permanent residency status of all citizens of...

13. The Committee urges the State party to:

(a) Ensure that all erased persons have the possibility to restore their legal status without excessive administrative constraints, by extending indefinitely the applicability of the act regulating the permanent residency status of all citizens of the successor States of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia who had been removed from the Slovenian registry of permanent residents in 1992 and by disseminating information among such persons currently living outside the territory of the State party on this measure;

(b) Extend the applicability of the law to children who were born to erased persons outside the territory of the State party, and amend the citizenship act so that all children born in the territory of the State party are able to acquire Slovenian nationality if they would otherwise be stateless;

(c) Expedite the process of full and effective reparation, including restitution, compensation and satisfaction, to all individuals who suffered as a result of erasure, including family members born outside the territory of the State party;

(d) Ensure the full enjoyment by erased persons of their rights with respect to access to education, training and employment, paying special attention to Roma who were subjected to erasure;

(e) Guarantee that all necessary steps are taken to identify and protect stateless persons.

18. Bearing in mind the indivisibility of all human rights, the Committee encourages the State party to consider ratifying (...) the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (...)

 

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Identification and determination procedures Remedy/Reparation Born on territory Born abroad International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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