89 RECOMMENDATIONS PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS (PCM) Short-term recommendations • Recognize and acknowledge that statelessness needs to be addressed on a national level to support the wellbeing and dignity of stateless. • Promote for the recognition of the legal responsibility of the Lebanese authorities for the historical causes of statelessness in the nation. • Work on finding long-lasting solutions for historical cases of statelessness as well as on preventing new cases through adequate measures and adapted policies. • Engage proactively through organizing round table discussions among stakeholders related to statelessness, such as mukhtars and ministries, in order to coordinate their roles and obligations among each other. Medium-term recommendations • Adhere to both the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and the 1954 Convention pertaining to the Status of Stateless Persons. A necessary step to bring Lebanese legislation into compliance with international standards for eliminating statelessness. PARLIAMENT Short-term recommendations • Introduce legislation requiring a temporary exemption for late birth registration requirements, enabling all people born in Lebanon after the one-year cutoff to administratively register their births. • Make legislative changes to the civil registration system to streamline the birth registration procedure, including the digitalization of the civil registry records and procedures in accordance with international standards to guarantee that all children born to Lebanese fathers in Lebanon are registered. • Propose changes to Lebanon’s nationality legislation that ensure the implementation of current protections against statelessness at birth. Medium-term recommendations • Introduce legislative reforms that eliminate gender discrimination from Lebanon's nationality laws in accordance with the principle of equality in rights guaranteed by the Lebanese constitution. • Require the Lebanese government to ratify both the 1954 Convention related to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. • Abolish the Kafala sponsorship system and ensure that the Labor Law protects and includes migrant domestic workers and their rights. © 2023 Siren Associates. All Rights Reserved.