language, religion, political or any other opinion, national and social origin, fortune, birth or other status, especially if such measures and laws render a person stateless; Calls upon African States to observe minimum procedural standards so that decisions concerning the recognition, acquisition, deprivation or change of nationality do not contain any elements of arbitrariness, and are subject to review by an impartial tribunal in accordance with their obligations under Article 7 of the African Charter; Also calls upon African States to adopt and implement provision in their constitutional and other legislation with a view to preventing and reducing statelessness, consistent with fundamental principles of international law and Article 6 of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, article 6 (g)(h)in particular by: a. Recognising that all children have the right to the nationality of the State where they were born if they would otherwise be stateless; b. Prohibiting arbitrary denial or deprivation of nationality; c. Reaffirming the equal rights of men and women and persons of any race or ethnic group in respect of nationality; and Calls upon African States to ratify all relevant international and African human rights treaties, including the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness; Requests African States to take the necessary measures to strengthen civil registration services to ensure the prompt registration of the births of all children on their territory, without discrimination; Requests African States to include information on the recognition, respect and implementation of the right to nationality in their periodic reports presented to the Commission under Article 62 of the African Charter and Article 26 of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa; Considering the necessity to carry out an in-depth research on issues relating to the right to nationality: Decides to assign the task to the Special Rapporteur on Refugees, Asylum seekers; Displaced and Migrants in Africa; Calls upon civil society and other stakeholders to give full support to the mandate of the Special Rapporteur. Banjul, The Gambia, 23 April 2013 106