II.
Amend the Constitution and Nationality Act within the shortest timeframe possible and
before the next UPR review to remove provisions that discriminate in the conferral of
nationality based on the parent’s gender and marital status.
III.
Establish safeguards in the Constitution and/or Nationality Act to prevent statelessness
and ensure children who are otherwise stateless have a pathway to nationality.
IV.
Amend the Constitution and Nationality Act in order to enshrine women and men’s equal
ability to confer nationality on non-national spouses.
V.
Take steps to ensure that all children and adults who have been denied access to
Bahamian citizenship due to gender discriminatory nationality laws, are granted
nationality and in the interim, fully enjoy their other human rights on a non-discriminatory
and equal basis.
VI.
Accede to the 1954 Convention on the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961
Convention on to Reduction of Statelessness to ensure the development of legislation and
regulations which ensure every child’s right to a nationality and that no child is born
stateless in The Bahamas.
VII.
Immediately remove reservations on CEDAW Article 2(a) and 9(2).
VIII.
Immediately remove the reservation on CRC Article 2.