Recommendations
21. Based on the points identified above and the stated dedication of the Estonian Government to solving
statelessness within its territory, the following recommendations are made which we hope the
Committee will consider in urging the Government to solve statelessness:
I.
Enact legislation to guarantee the right to acquire a nationality for all otherwise stateless children
born in Estonia, regardless of the parents’ nationality or statelessness, or of their residence status.
II.
Take further measures to reduce and ultimately eradicate existing cases of statelessness, particularly
among children, including through expanding and enforcing the retroactive implementation of
safeguards to provide a nationality to stateless children born on the territory.
III.
Implement information campaigns and other measures to disseminate information about the 2015
amendments to the Citizenship Act.
IV.
Consider the granting of “citizenship by birth” to stateless children born in the country, as opposed to
the more precarious status of “citizenship by naturalisation” which is currently provided for, and
review legislation which distinguishes between different categories of citizenship to ensure the
avoidance of discrimination between nationals.
V.
Accede to the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, the 1961 Convention on
the Reduction of Statelessness and the European Convention on Nationality.
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