pledge made by Denmark at the High-Level Segment on Statelessness,4 the submitting organisations urge reviewing States to raise the issue of realising the right of every child to acquire a nationality and address recommendations to Denmark to further prevent and reduce childhood statelessness in the country. 5. This submission therefore focuses on: • • • • Previous commitments by Denmark to address (childhood) statelessness; Prevention and reduction of childhood statelessness under international, regional and national law; Risks of statelessness for children born in conflict zones; Inaccurate registration of children born in Denmark and identification of statelessness. Previous UPR of Denmark and recommendations received 6. Denmark was previously reviewed during the first and second cycles of the UPR (11th and 24th sessions), in 2011 and 2016 respectively. 7. In the first cycle, during the 11th session, Denmark received (i) a recommendation from Finland to take measures to ensure its national legislation complies with the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness,5 and (ii) a recommendation to accede to the Statelessness Conventions from Ecuador. 6 Denmark accepted both of these recommendations. 8. In the second cycle, during the 24th session, Denmark received (i) a recommendation from Colombia to continue to implement the measures necessary to find solutions for stateless persons, 7 (ii) a recommendation from Finland to take further measures to ensure that its national legislation complies fully with the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, 8 (iii) a recommendation from South Africa to strengthen measures to promote citizenship, 9 and (iv) a recommendation from Mexico to adopt a legal framework to grant nationality to all children born in Denmark who would otherwise be stateless.10 Denmark accepted three recommendations, but did not accept the recommendation from South Africa. 9. In the second cycle, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) submitted that the requirement that a child must be lawfully resident in Denmark in order to be eligible to acquire Danish nationality was incompatible with the 1961 Convention and recommended that Denmark incorporate the right to acquire Danish nationality by children born on the territory who were otherwise stateless into the Nationality Act.11 4 UNHCR, Results of the High-Level Segment on Statelessness, list of pledges available at: https://www.unhcr.org/ibelong/results-of-the-high-level-segment-on-statelessness/. See also UNHCR (2020), High-Level Segment on Statelessness: Results and Highlights, p. 58, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/5ec3e91b4.html 5 A/HRC/18/4/Add.1, Human Rights Council, Addendum to the Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review on Denmark, 1st cycle, 13 September 2011, Recommendation 106.130. 6 Ibid., Recommendation 106.22. 7 A/HRC/32/10/Add.1, Human Rights Council, Addendum to the Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review on Denmark, 2nd cycle, 21 June 2016, Recommendation 120.193. 8 Ibid., Recommendation 120.195. 9 Ibid., Recommendation 120.194. 10 Ibid., Recommendation 120.196. 11 Submission on Denmark 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, 24th Session. 2