IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. Amend the Births and Deaths Registration Act to align with the Constitution and international and regional treaty obligations, particularly removing discriminatory provisions that affect registration of children born out of wedlock. Develop regulations in terms of the Births and Deaths Registration Act, easing registration requirements to assist marginalised people and historically discriminated groups, protecting against statelessness, and facilitating effective registration of all births in Zimbabwe. Formulate and implement policies to ensure the right to Zimbabwe nationality and accelerated registration of all special interest groups such as persons with disabilities, Gukurahundi affected communities, minority groups, inter-sex persons, refugees and failed asylum seekers in protracted situations, and disaster affected communities. Ensure that the dedicated task force commences to identify and assist stateless persons and persons at risk of statelessness in Zimbabwe. Introduce a definition of stateless persons in national law, in line with the 1954 Statelessness Convention, Article 1(1). Amend laws to ensure the establishment of a statelessness determination procedure, and to ensure specific assistance and protection is provided to stateless persons to assist them in accessing citizenship rights. Implement a policy prohibiting health institutions from withholding birth confirmation records for failure to pay hospital fees. Implement a policy allowing schools to enrol children without birth certificates pending birth registration, and to assist with registration of undocumented children. Remove unnecessary ID requirement barriers for the Covid-19 vaccine and take all necessary steps to ensure that stateless people are equally included in COVID-19 responses, that their particular contexts are recognised and addressed, their rights are upheld, and that they should not be penalised in any way, due to their lack of documentation or legal status, or any other aspect of their identity.85 85 2021 joint statement, Building back better for stateless people, An urgent call to States, UN agencies, donors and other stakeholders to learn lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic and take sustained action to correct past mistakes and prioritise protection stateless people’s rights and the right to nationality, https://www.institutesi.org/news/isi-joins-105-csos-to-issuethe-statement-building. 14