Treaty Body
Findings
Recommendations
(f) Challenges of ethnic Vietnamese children in accessing
education (art. 5).
tificates in practice, to eliminate
barriers in accessing education,
health care and services;
(g) Eliminate barriers in accessing education.
Situation of Khmer Krom
25. While taking note of the
information provided by the
State party on identity documentation for Khmer Krom, the
Committee remains concerned
that some Khmer Krom continue to be denied legal documents
in practice, which puts them at
risk of statelessness and leads
to discrimination and barriers
in accessing land, employment,
education, health care and basic
services. The Committee is also
concerned that Khmer Krom
are still not able to record their
true name and place of birth in
their identification documents
(arts. 2 and 5).
26. The Committee recommends
that the State party ensure that
the National Strategic Plan on
Identification (2019–2026) addresses the specific challenges
faced by minorities, including
Khmer Krom, in accessing identification documents. The Committee also recommends that
the State party take measures to
ensure identification documents
are provided to Khmer Krom,
recognizing their citizenship,
and allow Khmer Krom to record
their true name and place of birth
in their identification documents.
The Committee further recommends the State party ensure
equal access of Khmer Krom to
land, employment, education
and basic services.
Statelessness
33. The Committee is concerned
by the lack of sufficient protections to ensure that children
born in the State party, who
would otherwise be stateless,
can acquire nationality and
have access to identity documents (art. 5).
34. Recalling its general recommendation No. 30 (2004)
on
discrimination
against
non-citizens, the Committee
recommends that the State
party take measures to ensure
that children born in the State
party who would otherwise
be stateless have the ability to
acquire nationality and have
access to identity documents.
The Committee recommends
that the State party ratify the
Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the
Convention on the Reduction
of Statelessness.
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