THEMATIC BRIEFING | MAY 2020 Birth registration and the prevention of statelessness in Europe 5 International & regional norms and good practice United Nations Council of Europe European Union • Convention on the Rights of the Child Art 7 & 8 • 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons • 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness • International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Art 24(2) • Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Art 18 • Convention on the Protection of Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families Art 29 • Joint general comment No. 3 (2017) of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and No. 22 (2017) of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the general principles regarding the human rights of children in the context of international migration • Joint general comment No. 4 (2017) of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and No. 23 (2017) of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on State obligations regarding the human rights of children in the context of international migration in countries of origin, transit, destination and return • Human Rights Council Resolution 20/4 (2012) The Right to a Nationality: Women and Children • UNHCR Guidelines on Statelessness • UNHCR Global Action Plan to End Statelessness 2014-2024 Action 7 • UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement Principle 20 • Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme, Conclusion on Children at Risk No. 107 (LVIII) - 2007 • Sustainable Development Goal 16.9 • Global Compact on Refugees Civil Registries • Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration Objective 4 • European Convention on Human Rights Art 8 & 14 • European Convention on Nationality • Council of Europe Recommendation CM/Rec(2009)13 on the Nationality of Children • Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Resolution 2099 (2016) The need to eradicate statelessness of children • Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union • European Parliament Resolution on the Protection of Children in Migration • European Parliament Minimum Standards for Minorities in the EU • European Parliament Resolution on Children’s Rights