Antigua and Barbuda (one recommendation) • One recommendation on acceding to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness Issue Accessions What the Committee Said What the Committee didn’t say Accede to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and establish referral mechanisms to ensure the proper identification and protection of victims of trafficking, especially unaccompanied children, and to provide victims of trafficking, including children, an effective opportunity to seek asylum while second part of the recommendation links to the proper identification of people, the Committee did not also recommend that the State establish a mechanism to identify stateless people Bhutan (Twelve recommendations) One recommendations on birth registration Three recommendations to end discrimination (against ethnic Nepalese and women) • One recommendation on the right to a nationality for a child born to one Bhutanese parent • Two recommendations on ratifying Statelessness Conventions • One recommendation on determination of nationality of child refugees • Four recommendations related to the rights of stateless people Issue What the Committee Said Birth registration Review the Citizenship Act of 1985 to dissociate birth registration from • • Discriminatory provisions in nationality law Extend citizenship to children born to at least one Bhutanese parent Accessions Determine nationality citizenship, simplify the birth registration procedure after the 12-month period, ensure that single mothers can register their children and ensure that children born to either a Bhutanese mother or father, including in cases when the identity of the father cannot be ascertained, are granted Bhutanese citizenship; Ensure that children born to either a Bhutanese mother or father, including in cases when the identity of the father cannot be ascertained, are granted Bhutanese citizenship Take prompt measures to end instances of discrimination in practice against girls, children with disabilities, children of ethnic Nepalese origin, children of single parents and undocumented children, in particular regarding the right to a nationality and education Identify and correct practices which may discriminate against children of ethnic Nepalese origin lacking adequate documentation in their access to education and health services Review the Citizenship Act of 1985 to extend citizenship to children born to at least one Bhutanese parent Consider ratifying the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness Consider acceding to the … 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness Ensure the transparency of the procedure for the determination of the nationality of child refugees based on the right to a nationality and the right to leave and return to one’s country, with due consideration to the best interests of the child