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Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, Southern African Nationality Network & Lawyers for Human Rights Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council at the 35th Session of the Universal Periodic Review (Third Cycle, January 2020) Kingdom of Lesotho July 2019

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Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council – UPR35 Lesotho

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Source

NGO : ISI
NGO : National / Local NGOs

Region

Africa

Country

Lesotho

Theme

Children
Discrimination
Women

Framework

UN Human Rights system

Description: The Southern African Nationality Network (SANN), Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) and the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI) made this joint submission to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), on the right to a nationality and human rights challenges pertaining to statelessness in the Kingdom of Lesotho.

This submission focuses on: I. Difficulty in accessing birth registration and /or documentation for children born in Lesotho; II. The passing on of citizenship for only one generation born outside of the country; III. Challenges related to acquisition of citizenship of stateless children; and IV. Gender discrimination and discrimination based on marital status of parent.

UN Body: Human Rights Council

Session: 35

Date of Session

Jan 20, 2020 ~ Jan 31, 2020

Date of submission: Jul 1, 2019

Submitting Organisations: Southern African Nationality Network, Lawyers for Human Rights and Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion

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