ISI Database on Statelessness and
Human Rights

Connecting nationality, statelessness and human rights. Explore and compare information from the international human rights monitoring systems to promote a human rights-based approach to nationality and statelessness.

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Number of results found: 2459

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

102.97. Ensure birth registration for all children born in Malta.

102.97. Ensure birth registration for all children born in Malta.

Recommending State: Sierra Leone

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

186.86. Ensure proper registration of all boys and girls born in China in order to protect their rights to legal personality and equality before the law.

186.86. Ensure proper registration of all boys and girls born in China in order to protect their rights to legal personality and equality before the law.

Recommending State: Mexico

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

186.87. Give priority to protecting the rights of girl children by ensuring that all girls are registered at birth, implement wide awareness raising campaigns on the human rights of girls and promote their education.

186.87. Give priority to protecting the rights of girl children by ensuring that all girls are registered at birth, implement wide awareness raising campaigns on the human rights of girls and promote their education.

Recommending State: Slovenia

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

146.33. Withdraw reservations to articles 2 and 7 of the CRC to ensure to everyone the right to a name and nationality through universal birth registration.

146.33. Withdraw reservations to articles 2 and 7 of the CRC to ensure to everyone the right to a name and nationality through universal birth registration.

Recommending State: Belgium

Recommendation Noted

Birth registration International Instruments

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

146.203. Take concrete measures to prevent children from becoming stateless and guarantee universal access to free primary education, irrespective of citizenship and immigration status.

146.203. Take concrete measures to prevent children from becoming stateless and guarantee universal access to free primary education, irrespective of citizenship and immigration status.

Recommending State: Norway

Recommendation Noted

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

146.73. Ensure prompt registration of all new-born children.

146.73. Ensure prompt registration of all new-born children.

Recommending State: Australia

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

146.221. Facilitate the process of immigration’s regularization for those persons who have resided in the country for an extended period and allow the registration of their children born in Malaysia.

146.221. Facilitate the process of immigration’s regularization for those persons who have resided in the country for an extended period and allow the registration of their children born in Malaysia.

Recommending State: Mexico

Recommendation Noted

Birth registration

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2nd

146.172. Ensure birth registration of all children to facilitate the access to social services.

146.172. Ensure birth registration of all children to facilitate the access to social services.

Recommending State: Sierra Leone

Recommendation Accepted

Birth registration

Human Rights Committee (CCPR)

9. (...) The State party should review its Nationality Code to allow Mauritanian women to transmit their nationality on an equal footing with men and the 2001 Personal Status Code to remove the provisions that discriminate against women. 24. (...) Lastly, the Committee is concerned that not...

9. (...) The State party should review its Nationality Code to allow Mauritanian women to transmit their nationality on an equal footing with men and the 2001 Personal Status Code to remove the provisions that discriminate against women.

24. (...) Lastly, the Committee is concerned that not all the repatriated Mauritanian refugees have obtained identity and citizenship documents yet; this is likely to create obstacles to their enjoyment of some rights and to promote the risk of statelessness. (...)

The State party should remove the legal obstacles to the registration of births of children of refugees and asylum seekers born in Mauritania. Finally, it should make it easier for refugees repatriated under the tripartite agreement between the State party, Senegal and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to obtain identity documents, and consider signing a similar agreement to cover Mauritanian refugees in Mali following the events of 1989–1990. (...)

(Forced) migration context Nationality/Identity documentation Birth registration Gender Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Human Rights Committee (CCPR)

20. (...) The State party should increase its ongoing efforts and: (...) (c) Continue to issue a birth certificate to every newborn refugee child to protect refugee children and prevent statelessness; (...)

20. (...) The State party should increase its ongoing efforts and:

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(c) Continue to issue a birth certificate to every newborn refugee child to protect refugee children and prevent statelessness;

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Birth registration