II.
Accede to and fully implement the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.
III.
Accede to and fully implement the 1997 European Convention on Nationality.
IV.
Formalise the statelessness determination procedure and ensure that the procedure is fair,
effective and accessible to all persons in Switzerland regardless of their legal status. The
procedure should comply with international standards of due process and follow the procedural
safeguards outlined in UNHCR’s Handbook on Protection of Stateless Persons. Switzerland should
create a specific temporary status for applicants in line with the relevant recommendations in the
UNHCR Handbook.
V.
Ensure that the definition of ‘stateless person’ is fully consistent with the definition provided in
the 1954 Convention and that no stateless persons are excluded from this definition on
extraneous criteria.
VI.
Collect and make publicly available reliable, disaggregated data on statelessness, including data
on access to and results of existing statelessness determination measures, stateless men, women
and children, stateless persons in the asylum procedure and stateless persons in detention.
VII.
Provide regular training and awareness raising on statelessness and the protection of human
rights of stateless persons to all relevant state authorities, including staff of the SEM.
VIII.
Put in place safeguards to ensure that all children born in Switzerland who would otherwise be
stateless acquire Swiss nationality automatically at birth in accordance with Switzerland’s
obligations under Article 7 of the Convention of the Rights of the Child.
IX.
Introduce a facilitated naturalisation procedure for all stateless persons in accordance with
Switzerland’s obligations under Article 32 of the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of
Stateless Persons.
X.
Ensure that stateless persons or persons at risk of statelessness are not subjected to arbitrary
detention because of their status. Where evidence suggests that a person subject to immigration
detention may be stateless or at risk of statelessness that person should be referred to a
statelessness determination procedure.
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