Rights for stateless people Review the Citizenship Act of 1985 to extend citizenship to children born to at least one Bhutanese parent; Identify and correct practices that may discriminate against children of ethnic Nepalese origin who lack adequate documentation in their access to education and health services; Recognize the rights of children of ethnic Nepalese origin to enjoy their own culture, practise their religion and use their language; Seek the technical assistance of UNICEF in the implementation of these recommendations. Cameroon (five recommendations) • • • One recommendation on elimination of discriminatory provisions in nationality laws. Three recommendations on birth registration. One recommendation on acceding to statelessness Conventions. Issue Elimination of discriminatory provisions in nationality laws Birth Registration What the Committee Said What the Committee didn’t say The Committee recommends that the State party amend the Nationality Code to repeal discriminatory provisions relating to the acquisition of nationality by children born out of wedlock and relating to the naturalisation of children with disabilities. No recommendations on: - eliminating discrimination and risks of statelessness for adopted children or children of foreign parents - addressing discriminatory attitudes of state officials which may result in a denial of the right to a nationality of children born in the Bakasi Peninsula - mitigating the risk of statelessness among refugee and IDP children in Cameroon These recommendations do not recognise that birth registration is an important step, without which it becomes more difficult to acquire a nationality The Committee urges birth registration to eliminate all fees for birth registration and certificate issuance, Increase the financial, technical and human resources of the National Civil Status Office to increase its accessibility throughout the State party, Accessions to strengthen awareness-raising campaigns encouraging parents to register births Consider acceding to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness No recommendation to accede to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities