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Humanrights.ch Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion European Network on Statelessness and Terre des hommes Foundation Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council at the 28th Session of the Universal Periodic Review (Third Cycle, 6-17 November 2017) Switzerland 30 March 2017 1

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Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council – UPR28 Switzerland

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Source

NGO : ENS
NGO : ISI
NGO : National / Local NGOs

Region

Europe

Country

Switzerland

Theme

Acquisition of Nationality by Stateless People
Children
Detention
Identification / Determination of Statelessness

Framework

UN Human Rights system

Description: Humanrights.ch, the European Network on Statelessness (ENS), Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh) and the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI) made this joint submission to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), on the right to a nationality and human rights challenges pertaining to statelessness in Switzerland.

This submission focuses on: I. The Lack of a formal statelessness determination procedure; II. The right of every child to acquire a nationality; III. Access to Swiss nationality for stateless persons; IV. Risk of arbitrary detention.

UN Body: Human Rights Council

Session: 28

Date of Session

Nov 6, 2017 ~ Nov 17, 2017

Date of submission: Mar 30, 2017

Submitting Organisations: Humanrights.ch, the European Network on Statelessness, Terre des hommes Foundation and the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion

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Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council – UPR28 Switzerland

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