claim the kind of support services and assistance that would enable them to live
independently in accordance with their own choices and as part of the community.85
Committee on the Rights of the Child
The Committee urges the State party ensure the right of children to acquire
the nationality of the State party from their mothers who are nationals of the State party.
The Committee recommends that the State party, as a matter of urgency, regularize the
situation of stateless children and ensure their right to a nationality without discrimination.
The Committee further recommends that the State party consider ratifying the Convention
relating to the Status of Stateless Persons of 1954, and the Convention on the Reduction
of Statelessness of 1961, and that it make use of the expertise of the Office of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to address statelessness in the State party.86
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CRPD, ‘Concluding Observations on The Initial Report of The United Arab Emirates’, CRPD/C/ARE/CO/1, (3 October 2026),
paras. 36 and 38, available at: https://documents-ddsny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G16/220/95/PDF/G1622095.pdf?OpenElement.
86 CRC, ‘Concluding Observations on The Second Periodic Report of The United Arab Emirates’, CRC/C/ARE/CO/2, (30 October
2015), paras. 34 and 36, available at: https://documents-ddsny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G15/248/20/PDF/G1524820.pdf?OpenElement.
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