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Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

22. Taking note of target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals on providing legal identity for all, including birth registration, the Committee strongly urges the State party to: (a) Raise awareness among its population, especially those in rural areas and conflict-affected territories...

22. Taking note of target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals on providing legal identity for all, including birth registration, the Committee strongly urges the State party to:

(a) Raise awareness among its population, especially those in rural areas and conflict-affected territories, of the importance of birth registration;

(b) Provide easy and timely access to civil registration offices, including by initiating mobile registration services and increasing the number of registration centres;

(c) Provide the human, technical and financial resources necessary for the effective functioning of registration offices;

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

Birth registration International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. CRC/C/COD/CO/3-5
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Italy

22. (...) (e) Ensure that the national strategy for the inclusion of Roma, Sinti and Camminanti communities for the period 2012-2020 leads to concrete and tangible improvement of the enjoyment of their rights by Roma, Sinti and Camminanti, including by eliminating statelessness, (...)

22. (...)

(e) Ensure that the national strategy for the inclusion of Roma, Sinti and Camminanti communities for the period 2012-2020 leads to concrete and tangible improvement of the enjoyment of their rights by Roma, Sinti and Camminanti, including by eliminating statelessness, (...)

Remedy/Reparation
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Statelessness Doc. CERD/C/ITA/CO/19-20
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Turkmenistan

5. (...)  The Committee further requests data on the composition of the prison population by age, sex, ethnicity and offence, and updated statistical data on the numbers of non-citizens, including stateless persons, migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, in the State party. (...) 17....

5. (...)  The Committee further requests data on the composition of the prison population by age, sex, ethnicity and offence, and updated statistical data on the numbers of non-citizens, including stateless persons, migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, in the State party. (...)

17. Recalling its general recommendations No. 30 (2004) on discrimination against non-citizens and No. 22 (1996) on refugees and displaced persons in the context of article 5 of the Convention and refugees and displaced persons, the Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Ensure that non-citizens have access to education, housing, health care, employment and birth registration in the territory of Turkmenistan without discrimination;

(...)

19. The Committee recommends that the State party continue to take expeditious measures to reduce statelessness and to ensure that stateless persons in the State party have access to basic rights and services. The Committee requests that the State party provide in its next periodic report updated information about the number of stateless persons in the State party and their ability to access basic rights and services.

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Birth registration Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting
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Statelessness Doc. CERD/C/TKM/CO/8-11
Committee against Torture (CAT)

Namibia

27. The Committee recommends that the State party: (...) (b) Ratify the 1969 Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa and accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness;  (....

27. The Committee recommends that the State party:

(...)

(b) Ratify the 1969 Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa and accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness; 

(...)

International Instruments
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Statelessness Doc. CAT/C/NAM/CO/2

Sri Lanka

55. Many Plantation Tamils were deprived of citizenship and rendered stateless under the policies of successive Sinhalese Governments, and therefore excluded from any participation in public or political life until as recently as 2003 when the Grant of Citizenship to Persons of Indian Origin...

55. Many Plantation Tamils were deprived of citizenship and rendered stateless under the policies of successive Sinhalese Governments, and therefore excluded from any participation in public or political life until as recently as 2003 when the Grant of Citizenship to Persons of Indian Origin Act was enacted. Many of them experience difficulties in registering to vote, as well as in obtaining basic documents such as birth, death and marriage certificates and national identity cards. (...)

Lack of documents/Access to documentation Loss/Deprivation
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Statelessness Doc. A/HRC/34/53/Add.3
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Togo

26. Recalling its general recommendations No. 22 (1996) on article 5 and refugees and displaced persons and No. 30 (2004) on discrimination against non-citizens, the Committee recommends that the State party: (...) (b) Take the measures required to ensure for all non-citizens in its...

26. Recalling its general recommendations No. 22 (1996) on article 5 and refugees and displaced persons and No. 30 (2004) on discrimination against non-citizens, the Committee recommends that the State party:

(...)

(b) Take the measures required to ensure for all non-citizens in its territory equal access to the exercise of their economic, social and cultural rights, particularly for stateless persons;

(c) Complete the ratification process for the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and consider ratifying the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

28. The Committee recommends that the State party adopt the new nationality code as soon as possible. The Committee requests the State party to provide in its next periodic report precise and disaggregated data on persons who have applied for Togolese nationality, the number of applications accepted, the number denied and, if applicable, the reasons for denial.

Protection/Enjoyment of rights International Instruments Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness Doc. CERD/C/TGO/CO/18-19

Moldova

59. The lack of municipal property registration and identity documents were raised repeatedly by interlocutors as having a negative impact on the ability of Roma communities to exercise their rights, including to education, health care and social services. The Special Rapporteur was informed...

59. The lack of municipal property registration and identity documents were raised repeatedly by interlocutors as having a negative impact on the ability of Roma communities to exercise their rights, including to education, health care and social services. The Special Rapporteur was informed that, although some measures had been taken to address the problem, including the temporary free issuance of identity documents to Roma people, the issue still persists.

Nationality/Identity documentation
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Doc. A/HRC/34/53/Add.2

Iraq

10. Under the Baathist regime of Saddam Hussein, discrimination and a campaign of persecution of ethnic and religious groups, including the Kurds, was pursued. (...) A denaturalization process deprived many of Iraqi citizenship (...). 30. Regulation 358 of 1975 prohibited the issuance of...

10. Under the Baathist regime of Saddam Hussein, discrimination and a campaign of persecution of ethnic and religious groups, including the Kurds, was pursued. (...) A denaturalization process deprived many of Iraqi citizenship (...).

30. Regulation 358 of 1975 prohibited the issuance of national identity cards to Baha’is. They were consequently denied registration of marriages or births, and thus were deprived of the right to have a passport and a job, enter university, and buy and sell homes and property. 

Loss/Deprivation Nationality/Identity documentation Birth registration
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Doc. A/HRC/34/53/Add.1
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Togo

128.28 Put in place concrete measures to facilitate birth registration by extending the free registration deadline and through multiplication of awareness-raising activities thereon. 

128.28 Put in place concrete measures to facilitate birth registration by extending the free registration deadline and through multiplication of awareness-raising activities thereon. 

Recommending State: Türkiye

Recommendation Accepted

ISI Summary Link
Birth registration
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Doc. A/HRC/34/4
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Togo

128.26 Ensure universal birth registration and take the necessary steps to achieve universal primary education and combat illiteracy. 

128.26 Ensure universal birth registration and take the necessary steps to achieve universal primary education and combat illiteracy. 

Recommending State: Slovenia

Recommendation Accepted

ISI Summary Link
Birth registration
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Doc. A/HRC/34/4