(a) Immediately amend its Nationality Law (Decree No. 276/1969), in particular article 3, in order to ensure that women and men enjoy equal rights to acquire, transfer, retain and change their nationality, in line with article 9 of the Convention; and ensure its implementation.83 The Committee also made a further recommendation in relation to stateless Syrian Kurds. However, this recommendation is viewed as being problematic, including by the co-submitting organisations, as it focused on the implementation of Decree 49/2011, an inadequate and discriminatory law that excludes Syria’s stateless maktumeen Kurds. This shortcoming was duly noted by the CRC and UNHCR in their submissions before Syria’s 2nd UPR. 84 UPR 1st cycle Supported recommendations 100.2. Bring national laws fully into line with its obligations under ICCPR, CEDAW, CAT and CRC (Maldives); 100.3. Maintain the positive momentum in improving legislation and institutions, and ensure the execution of its laws in practice, in particular in the areas of education, women rights, childhood, persons with disabilities and victims of trafficking in persons (Venezuela); 100.35. Strengthen efforts to further promote empowerment of women (Bangladesh); 100.36. Consider strengthening all measures aimed at promoting gender equity and the full and effective participation of women in the political, social, economic and cultural spheres of life, including through legislative and administrative means (South Africa); 100.37. Immediately adopt and implement necessary legislative and administrative measures to promote a greater inclusion of women in the country’s public and political life, ensuring that they effectively participate in the decision-making process, and lift the reservations made to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (Mexico); 100.38. Step up efforts to prevent and combat trafficking in persons, in particular women and children (Belarus); 83 Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, ‘Concluding Observations on the Second Periodic Report of the Syrian Arab Republic,’ CEDAW/C/SYR/CO/2 (24 July 2014), para. 38. 84 Human Rights Council, ‘Compilation prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for the Syrian Arab Republic,’ A/HRC/WG.6/26/SYR/2 (29 August 2016), para. 65; UNHCR, ‘Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights’ Compilation Report Universal Periodic Review: 2nd cycle, 26th session: Syrian Arab Republic,’ (March 2016), available at: https://uprdoc.ohchr.org/uprweb/downloadfile.aspx?filename=3231&file=EnglishTranslation. 18