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Lawyers for Human Rights and Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council at the 27th Session of the Universal Periodic Review The Republic of South Africa 22 September 2016

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Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council – UPR27 South Africa

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Report

Source

NGO : ISI
NGO : National / Local NGOs

Region

Africa

Country

South Africa

Theme

Children
Detention
Human Rights Enjoyment by Stateless People
Identification / Determination of Statelessness

Framework

UN Human Rights system

Population/Community

Stateless Refugees / Migrants

Description: Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) 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 South Africa.

The submission focuses on: I. The right of every child to acquire and retain a nationality; II. Late registration of births for adults born n South Africa; III. The blocking of identity documents (ID) and resultant barriers to accessing South African citizenship; IV. Lack of a dedicated mechanism to identify and regularise the status of stateless persons in South Africa; V. The arbitrary detention of stateless persons; and VI. The human rights impact of statelessness.

UN Body: Human Rights Council

Session: 27

Date of Session

May 1, 2017 ~ May 12, 2017

Date of submission: Sep 22, 2016

Submitting Organisations: Lawyers for Human Rights and the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion

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SouthAfricaUPR2016.pdf
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