relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and consider ratifying the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness10 22. Children denied Barbadian nationality due to gender discrimination in the nationality laws may also suffer from violations of their right to healthcare and to education, enshrined in CRC Articles 24 and 28. Barbados’ national healthcare system provides care to citizens and residents is free of cost, while healthcare for foreigners and non-citizens must be paid for.11 Non-citizen children must obtain a student visa from the Immigration Department and pay school fees for secondary school.12 Children who cannot access Barbadian nationality due to gender discrimination in the nationality law are also at a heightened risk of statelessness, unemployment, poverty, social alienation and psychological damage. Recommendations 23. Drawing on the information provided in this submission, we urge member states to make the following recommendations to Barbados: 10 I. As recommended by the Committee on the Rights of the Child, amend the Constitution and Citizenship Act to remove provisions that discriminate based on the parent’s gender and marital status and establish safeguards to prevent children from being stateless. II. Amend the Constitution and Citizenship Act in order to enshrine women and men’s equal ability to confer nationality on non-national spouses. III. Take steps to ensure that all children and adults who have been denied access to Barbadian citizenship due to gender discriminatory nationality laws, are granted nationality and in the interim, that they fully enjoy their other human rights on a nondiscriminatory and equal basis. IV. Accede to 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 Barbados. CRC/C/BRB/CO/2, 3 February 2017, available at: http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CRC/Shared%20Documents/BRB/CRC_C_BRB_CO_2_26590_E.pdf 11 Health Systems Profile, Barbaods, Pan American Health Organization, page 18, available at: http://new.paho.org/hq/dmdocuments/2010/Health-System-Profile-Barbados-2008.pdf; See also: https://www.globalsurance.com/health-insurance/barbados/ 12 See Barbados Ministry of Education, available at: http://www.barbadoseducation.info/K12/Barbados-K-12-EducationSystem.html