Recommendations 44. Based on the above information, the co-submitting organisations urge reviewing States to make the following recommendations to Latvia: I. Accede to the 1997 European Convention on Nationality and the 2006 Convention on the Avoidance of Statelessness in relation to State Succession. II. Remove all reservations to the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons. III. Improve data collection on stateless persons and those at risk of statelessness in Latvia, harmonise data collection categories, and publish reliable disaggregated data on the stateless population. IV. Undertake targeted outreach activities to ensure that interested ‘noncitizens’ are informed and encouraged to apply for naturalisation; remove disproportionate restrictions on the ability of ‘non-citizens’ to naturalise as Latvian nationals; and strengthen efforts to facilitate access to naturalisation in order to further decrease the number of persons without nationality. V. Amend the Citizenship Law to introduce full legal safeguards to protect every child’s right to a nationality and prevent childhood statelessness in all cases in line with international obligations under the CRC and 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. VI. Ensure every child’s right to immediate, free birth registration and certification for all children, regardless of their parents’ identity, status, or documentation, in accordance with CRC Article 7. VII. Ensure that individuals awaiting a determination of statelessness under the SDP (in a migratory context) are treated in accordance with UNHCR guidance and good practice, including by introducing a temporary residence permit for applicants for stateless status and thus ensuring access to minimum social rights and subsistence. VIII. Take steps to improve the identification of statelessness prior to issuing a removal or detention order and consider statelessness as a juridically relevant fact in return and detention decisions, in order to prevent arbitrary (immigration) detention of stateless people. 12