Recommendations 56. Based on the above analysis, the co-submitting organisations urge reviewing States to make the following recommendations to Brunei Darussalam: I. Reform the Brunei Nationality Act 1961 to remove provisions that discriminate on the basis of gender and race, and in particular, to allow women to enjoy equal rights as men in conferring citizenship to their children and spouses; II. Address the discriminatory denial of the right to a nationality, which has resulted in a large stateless population in the country - including members of the ethnic Chinese population. Ensure that all persons denied the right to nationality and who are stateless, have their right to a nationality restored; III. Fully promote, respect, protect and fulfil its obligations towards stateless persons under international human rights law, including access to education, health, employment, and land rights and protection from exploitation, and protection of the right to a nationality for all; IV. Withdraw its reservation to Article 9 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women; V. Ratify and fully implement the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Stateless and the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol; VI. Publish accurate, up-to-date and disaggregated data and information on the size and profiles of the stateless populations in Brunei Darussalam and the barriers these populations face in acquiring or confirming citizenship; VII. Provide for unrestricted freedom of information, opinion and expression and foster and support civil society engagement in the issue of statelessness; VIII. Remove discriminatory barriers to citizenship including the Malay language proficiency test, and ensure that those who lack documentation are not denied citizenship on that basis; IX. Ensure that all stateless persons have equal access government-issued identity documentation and to passports; X. Facilitate universal birth registration by addressing barriers faced by indigenous populations in rural areas including the Dasun and Iban populations; and XI. Collaborate with civil society actors and UN agencies to ensure that reforms aimed at addressing statelessness are effectively implemented. In making this recommendation, we note that at Brunei Darussalam’s last UPR in 2014 Brunei acknowledged that due to its small population it has very limited human resources and welcomed any capacity building and assistance from international organisations.69 69 Report of the Human Rights Council on its twenty-seventh session, UN GAOR, 27th sess, Agenda Item 1, UN Doc A/HRC/27/2 (22 December 2014) 103 [675]. 12