Joint Submission to the Human Rights Committee 133rd Session 11 Oct 2021 - 05 Nov 2021 North Macedonia 13 August 2021

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Joint Submission to the Human Rights Committee - 133 North Macedonia

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Description: The Macedonian Young Lawyers Association (MYLA), Bairska Svetlina – Centre for Development of Roma Community, AVAJA, the European Network on Statelessness (ENS) and the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI) made this joint submission to the Human Rights Committee, on the right to a nationality and human rights challenges pertaining to statelessness in North Macedonia.

This submission focuses on: II. Child’s right to a nationality and to birth registration; III. Discrimination against minorities and reduction of statelessness in situ populations; IV. Statelessness determination procedure and protection status; and V. The impact of COVID-19 on access to documentation and the enjoyment of civil rights, and discriminatory practices against stateless people.

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Submitting Organisations: The Macedonian Young Lawyers Association, Bairska Svetlina – Centre for Development of Roma Community, AVAJA, the European Network on Statelessness and the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion