Recommendations
44. Based on the above information, the co-submitting organisations urge reviewing States
to make the following recommendations to Uganda:
I.
Revise nationality laws to repeal ethnic discrimination in acquiring Ugandan
nationality.
II.
Ensure access to citizenship at birth to otherwise stateless children born on
the territory, in particular those who are not members of named ethnic
groups but have other forms of long-term connection to Uganda.
III.
Revise nationality laws to repeal any form of discrimination against registered
or naturalised citizens in the transmission of nationality to children.
IV.
Amend the Registration of persons Act to exempt Children Born of War (CBW)
from civil registration requirements that they cannot fulfil due to being born
of wartime rape while in LRA captivity. These include names of both parents,
clan, place of origin and birth certificates.
V.
Adopt simplified, trauma sensitive administrative procedures, in particular
access to birth registration and civil registration documents, that are tailored
to avoid stigma and allow flexibility in civil registration requirements to
ensure that CBW are not denied registration.
VI.
Facilitate access to nationality for protracted refugees and their descendants
and adopt legal reforms that provide access to citizenship for those with
access to no other citizenship.
VII.
Remove the provision on renunciation of nationality prior to acquisition of
Ugandan citizenship by those that are applying for citizenship through
registration or naturalisation to avoid risks of statelessness.
VIII.
Enact procedural reforms to facilitate universal birth registration by making
the process free for all those residing in Uganda and removing fines for late
birth registration. Remove fees for registration and application for birth
certificates and national identity cards. Establish mobile registration units and
raise awareness on the importance of birth registration.
IX.
Amend relevant legislation to ensure that access to social rights is not
contingent on the acquisition of a Ndaga Muntu.
X.
Support the adoption of the draft Protocol to the African Charter on the Right
to a Nationality and the Eradication of Statelessness in Africa.
XI.
Accede to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.
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