123
Women, Business and the Law database, forthcoming.
124
“The Government of Tanzania launches a new national birth registration system set to massively accelerate the number of
children under 5 with birth certificates,” at http://www.unicef.org/esaro/5440_13078.html.
125
Brazil, 2001 National Programme for the Promotion of Birth Registration. See also, http://www.unicef.org/protection/Birth_
Registration_Working_Paper(2).pdf.
126
Constitutional Court of Indonesia, No 18/ PUU-XI/2013.
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For example, reforms allowing women to pass their nationality to children in the same way as men have been adopted in Sri
Lanka in 2003; Egypt in 2004; Algeria in 2005; Indonesia and Sierra Leone in 2006; Morocco in 2007; Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in
2009; Kenya, Tunisia, and Yemen in 2010; Senegal in 2013; and Suriname in 2014 (UNHCR Good Practice Paper Action 3).
128
Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, A/54/38/Rev.1, 1999,
paragraphs 83–84.
129
Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, Morocco, A/52/38/
REV.1(SUPP) 1997, paragraph 64; Concluding Comments of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women,
Morocco, 2003, A/58/38(SUPP), paragraph 143.
130
“Sudan’s Parliament Reinstates Nationality to People of South Sudanese Origin.” Sudan Tribune, June 10, 2018 at http://www.
sudantribune.com/spip.php?article65622.
131
Constitution of Sudan, 2005, Article 7(2).
132
“Iran Gives Citizenship to Children with Foreign Fathers, Iranian Mothers.” MEHR News Agency, November 5, 2018, at https://
en.mehrnews.com/news/139338/Iran-gives-citizenship-to-children-with-foreign-fathers-Iranian.
133
Islamic Republic of Iran, Civil Code, Article 976(6).
134
“CNICs to Be Issued to Orphans.” Pakistan Today, November 8, 2012 at https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/11/08/cnics-to-
be-issued-to-orphans/ (accessed May 2019).
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The Aadhaar Act, 2016 states, “Every resident shall be entitled to obtain an Aadhaar number by submitting his demographic
information and biometric information by undergoing the process of enrolment” (Article 3(1)). The Act further defines residency as,
“An individual who has resided in India for a period or periods amounting in all to 182 days or more in the 12 months immediately
preceding the date of application for enrollment” (Article 2(v)).
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