noncitizen spouse, and to acquire, change, and retain their nationality on an
equal basis.
II.
Amend birth registration policies to enable parents the equal and
autonomous right to access documentation for their children regardless of
gender or marital status.
III.
Implement without discrimination, existing statelessness safeguards,
including Articles 3(b), 3(c), and 3(d) of the 1969 Nationality Act, in order to
avoid multi-generational statelessness.
IV.
Fully implement, and provide information regarding the implementation of,
the Law Regarding the Care of Children of Undermined Paternity, to allow the
granting of Syrian nationality to children of undetermined paternity.
V.
Acknowledge the injustice experienced by stateless Kurds and facilitate their
naturalisation, including for the maktumeen who were excluded from the
application of Decree 49. Further, ensure remedies and compensation to
address the intergenerational impact of their statelessness, in particular, to
address historical exclusion from education.
VI.
Allow stateless Syrians and Palestinian refugees from Syria wishing to return
to the country to do so. Additionally, refrain from expropriating houses in
Yarmouk camp, and instead facilitate unhindered access to the camp for
returnees.
VII.
Allow Palestinian refugees living in Syria to become naturalised Syrian
citizens.
VIII.
Consider proposals made by civil society actors to remove the reference to
‘Arab’ in the name of the Republic and the Syrian Nationality Law to better
reflect the ethnically diverse demography of the state.
IX.
Accede to the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and lift
reservations on Article 9(2) of CEDAW.
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