Recommendations
29. Based on the above information, the co-submitting organisations urge reviewing States to
make the following recommendations to Iran:
I.
Review the provisions of the Act on Determination of the Nationality of Children
Born into Marriages of Iranian Women with Men of Foreign Nationality amending
the Civil Code, and to ensure that all children who are born to Iranian mothers,
including children born out of wedlock, are entitled to Iranian citizenship on the
same conditions as children born to Iranian fathers;
II.
As part of broader efforts to advance gender equality, reform the Civil Code of
the Islamic Republic of Iran to uphold women’s ability to change and retain their
nationality, and to confer their nationality on children and spouses on an equal
basis with men;
III.
Accede to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women, as well as the 1954 Convention on the Status of Stateless Persons
and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness;
IV.
Ensure every child’s right to a nationality and implement effective and adequate
safeguards against statelessness, with particular emphasis on ensuring the right
to a nationality of children of Afghan or stateless fathers and children born in the
Sistan and Baluchistan provinces.
V.
Develop and implement civil documentation and registration campaigns that
address inter-generational lack of documentation, in particular in the Sistan and
Baluchistan Provinces;
VI.
Ensure that the birth of every child is registered, regardless of the nationality or
lack thereof of their parents, by addressing legal, administrative, financial and
cultural barriers;
VII.
Ensure that all international and regional obligations related to the right to
nationality, prevention and reduction of statelessness, protection of stateless
persons, non- discrimination, and birth registration are fully incorporated into
domestic law and implemented in practice; and,
VIII.
Strengthen the collection and monitoring of disaggregated data (including by
ethnicity, age, and gender) and conduct a comprehensive mapping on state
lessness and the risk of statelessness, with appropriate safeguards in place to
ensure anonymity.
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