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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Thailand

158.57 Further strengthen efforts towards birth registration for all, with a view to effectively reaching out to disadvantaged and vulnerable groups. 

158.57 Further strengthen efforts towards birth registration for all, with a view to effectively reaching out to disadvantaged and vulnerable groups. 

Recommending State: Türkiye

Recommendation Accepted

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Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)

Angola

42. The Committee urges the State party to intensify its efforts to increase birth registration, including by conducting awareness-raising campaigns on birth registration procedures within the communities concerned, in particular in rural areas. The State party should also extend the free...

42. The Committee urges the State party to intensify its efforts to increase birth registration, including by conducting awareness-raising campaigns on birth registration procedures within the communities concerned, in particular in rural areas. The State party should also extend the free registration campaign to cover all foreigners, including asylum seekers and refugees, with a view to ensuring their access to social services without discrimination.

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Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)

Angola

42. The Committee urges the State party to intensify its efforts to increase birth registration, including by conducting awareness-raising campaigns on birth registration procedures within the communities concerned, in particular in rural areas. The State party should also extend the free...

42. The Committee urges the State party to intensify its efforts to increase birth registration, including by conducting awareness-raising campaigns on birth registration procedures within the communities concerned, in particular in rural areas. The State party should also extend the free registration campaign to cover all foreigners, including asylum seekers and refugees, with a view to ensuring their access to social services without discrimination.

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Tanzania

136.14 Provide birth registration and issue birth certificates free of charge for all children under 5 years of age in order to reach universal coverage and increase public awareness of the importance of birth registration. 

136.14 Provide birth registration and issue birth certificates free of charge for all children under 5 years of age in order to reach universal coverage and increase public awareness of the importance of birth registration. 

Recommending State: Poland

Recommendation Accepted

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Tanzania

136.15 Accelerate efforts regarding birth registration, while ensuring the free issuance of birth certificates to all children. 

136.15 Accelerate efforts regarding birth registration, while ensuring the free issuance of birth certificates to all children. 

Recommending State: Türkiye

Recommendation Accepted

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Papua New Guinea

104.74 Improve further the registration system and support it by awareness-raising activities, in order to sustain the rise in registration numbers. 

104.74 Improve further the registration system and support it by awareness-raising activities, in order to sustain the rise in registration numbers. 

Recommending State: Türkiye

Recommendation Accepted

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Eswatini

109.33 Consider amending its domestic laws to grant women equal rights with men with regard to transmission of their nationality to their children. 

109.33 Consider amending its domestic laws to grant women equal rights with men with regard to transmission of their nationality to their children. 

Recommending State: Republic of Korea

Recommendation Noted

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Eswatini

109.36 Amend legislation that denies Swazi citizenship to children born of foreign fathers. 

109.36 Amend legislation that denies Swazi citizenship to children born of foreign fathers. 

Recommending State: Honduras

Recommendation Noted

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Eswatini

109.31 Align national laws in accordance with the principles outlined in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women to address women’s rights, which include land acquisition, equality and citizenship of children. 

109.31 Align national laws in accordance with the principles outlined in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women to address women’s rights, which include land acquisition, equality and citizenship of children. 

Recommending State: Botswana

Recommendation Noted

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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

Eswatini

109.34 Modify articles 43 and 44 of the Constitution so that Swazi women, in the same way as men, can transmit their nationality to their children and their foreign spouses. 

109.34 Modify articles 43 and 44 of the Constitution so that Swazi women, in the same way as men, can transmit their nationality to their children and their foreign spouses. 

Recommending State: Djibouti

Recommendation Noted

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