ISI Database on Statelessness and
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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

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

40. The Committee calls on the State party to ensure that children with disabilities are entered in the civil registry at birth.

40. The Committee calls on the State party to ensure that children with disabilities are entered in the civil registry at birth.

Birth registration

Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW)

34. The Committee recommends that the State party take adequate measures to end the abuse and violations to which migrant workers and members of their families are subjected. Specifically, it urges the State party to establish a mechanism for monitoring the activities of the Moroccan...

34. The Committee recommends that the State party take adequate measures to end the abuse and violations to which migrant workers and members of their families are subjected. Specifically, it urges the State party to establish a mechanism for monitoring the activities of the Moroccan authorities responsible for or involved in migration procedures so as to ensure that abuses and violations committed against migrant workers and their family members, such as the confiscation and destruction of their identity documents, are the subject of inquiries and that those responsible are prosecuted and punished in accordance with article 21 of the Convention.

38. The Committee recommends that the State party take the measures necessary to ensure that all children of migrant workers, including those in an irregular situation, are registered when born.

Nationality/Identity documentation Birth registration Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

16. (...) In light of its general recommendation 27 (2000) on discrimination against Roma, the Committee requests the State party to provide further information on measures taken to ensure that members of the Roma community are not discriminated against and that they have equal access to...

16. (...) In light of its general recommendation 27 (2000) on discrimination against Roma, the Committee requests the State party to provide further information on measures taken to ensure that members of the Roma community are not discriminated against and that they have equal access to education at all levels, employment, including in the State sector, housing, identity documents, access to public places, social and other services, and that there is no negative stereotyping of Roma in the media. (...)

19. Bearing in mind the indivisibility of all human rights, the Committee encourages the State party to consider ratifying those international human rights treaties which it has not yet ratified, in particular treaties the provisions of which have a direct bearing on racial discrimination, such as (...) the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Nationality/Identity documentation International Instruments

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

18. The Committee notes with concern that naturalization requests, including by persons of South-East Asian origin, whose situations meet the State party’s legal requirements for naturalization eligibility have sometimes been denied (art. 5). The Committee recommends that the State party...

18. The Committee notes with concern that naturalization requests, including by persons of South-East Asian origin, whose situations meet the State party’s legal requirements for naturalization eligibility have sometimes been denied (art. 5).

The Committee recommends that the State party respect the right to nationality without discrimination and ensure that no particular groups of non-citizens are discriminated against with regard to access to naturalization. The Committee requests the State party to include in its next periodic report statistical data on naturalization requests and decisions thereon disaggregated by ethnic group, sex, length of residence in the State party, and any other relevant criteria. The Committee also requests the State party to include in its next periodic report information on how nationality laws and regulations are applied to those who are in the occupied territories.

Access to nationality/Naturalization Discrimination - Other Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

10. (...) The Committee, recalling its general recommendations Nos. 22 (1996) on article 5 and refugees and displaced persons and 30 (2004) on discrimination against non-citizens, recommends that the State party take measures to ensure that child refugees are registered free of charge and...

10. (...) The Committee, recalling its general recommendations Nos. 22 (1996) on article 5 and refugees and displaced persons and 30 (2004) on discrimination against non-citizens, recommends that the State party take measures to ensure that child refugees are registered free of charge and issued with birth certificates. To this end, the Committee recommends that the State party improve refugees’ access to registry offices and continue to conduct awareness campaigns for parents in camps, to inform them of their right to register their children. (...)

Birth registration

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

14. (...) The Committee recommends that the State party take steps to ensure access to basic public services for refugees, asylum seekers and displaced persons; and to improve access to the civil registry for refugees and asylum seekers and ensure that births among refugees and asylum...

14. (...) The Committee recommends that the State party take steps to ensure access to basic public services for refugees, asylum seekers and displaced persons; and to improve access to the civil registry for refugees and asylum seekers and ensure that births among refugees and asylum seekers, regardless of origin, are registered free of charge and in a systematic and non-discriminatory fashion. (...)

Birth registration

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

18. (...) The Committee encourages the State party to ensure that the draft bill for the amendment of the Migration Act provides that migrant workers in an irregular situation can apply for Chilean nationality for their children if they do not have another nationality and encourages the...

18. (...) The Committee encourages the State party to ensure that the draft bill for the amendment of the Migration Act provides that migrant workers in an irregular situation can apply for Chilean nationality for their children if they do not have another nationality and encourages the State party to pass that bill soon. (...)

20. The Committee encourages the State party to ratify the international treaties to which it is not yet a party, especially the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

(Forced) migration context Access to nationality/Naturalization International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

12. (..) The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Take effective measures to issue asylum seekers and refugees with refugee documents or other identity cards that are recognized in the State party in order to ensure that their rights are fully guaranteed in practice;

12. (..) The Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Take effective measures to issue asylum seekers and refugees with refugee documents or other identity cards that are recognized in the State party in order to ensure that their rights are fully guaranteed in practice;

Nationality/Identity documentation

Human Rights Committee (CCPR)

23. (...) The State party should take immediate steps, in consultation with the Ombudsman, the Commissioner for Protection against Discrimination, civil society organizations, and the Roma community to: (...) (e) Ensure that all Roma have identity cards so as to facilitate their right to...

23. (...) The State party should take immediate steps, in consultation with the Ombudsman, the Commissioner for Protection against Discrimination, civil society organizations, and the Roma community to:

(...)

(e) Ensure that all Roma have identity cards so as to facilitate their right to vote.

Nationality/Identity documentation

Human Rights Committee (CCPR)

12. (...) The State party should remove any obstacles, including administrative, to ensure that all Roma are provided with personal documents, including birth certificates, which are necessary for them to have access to their basic rights. (...)

12. (...) The State party should remove any obstacles, including administrative, to ensure that all Roma are provided with personal documents, including birth certificates, which are necessary for them to have access to their basic rights. (...)

Nationality/Identity documentation Birth registration Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action