Syrian Citizenship Disappeared
another must be compensated by the responsible party. She argues that the detriment was not
limited to individual cases rather extended to
tens of thousands followed by tens of thousands
of the new births13¹²⁶.
“The Code of State Council (SY) article 9 No. 55 of 1959 states that Council of State presented by only an administrative Judicial body shall judge
the compensation claims for the decisions stipulated for in article 8 of
the same code if the compensation
claims were filed to the body under
features compliance or originality.”
Abdo sees that exemption of a large part of males,
who were ajanib of al-Hasakah, from compulsory
military service does not amount to a compensation for thousands of families who suffered destitution, displacement and hardship14¹²⁷.
18. Recommendations and
Proposals:
18.1 To the Syrian Government:
• Accede to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness;
• Take immediate action to implement 2011
Decree and restore citizenship to all ajanib
stateless who were deprived of their nationality as a consequence of the 1962 census, as well
as their descendants;
• Take immediate measures to restore maktumeen stateless in their citizenship;
• Include in both processes stateless who
fled Syria and moved abroad, by enabling them
to submit their application online and allow
Syrian consulates to receive their application;
126 Compensations for ajanib al-Hasakah. Walatî Me.
Thursday, 24 Ju, 2014. The lawyer Nalin Abdo. (last
visi August 6, 2018). For more information please click
on http://www.welateme.net/erebi/modules.
php?name=News&file=article&sid=17750#.
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127 Abbas Ali Mousa, "Are the Stateless Forgotten
Again?", Good Morning Syria. February 12, 2018. (The
article was received as Word file from the author himself).
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• Engage in a reparation process, especially
to acknowledge academic trajectory of stateless deprived of certificates;
• Reform the law, in order to cut out discriminatory provisions and ensure the legislation respect international standards;
• Reform the legislation to ensure that
women can pass on their nationality to their
children, equally with men.
18.2 To the United Nations Human Rights
Council
• Request Syrian government to disclose all
elements related to stateless Syrians among
all communities, including Assyrians, Arabs
and Kurds;
• Request a report from the Syrian government on the issue of statelessness;
• Establish an appropriate support for
stateless people, addressing the peculiar
vulnerabilities arising from their status with
regards to the exercise of their basic human
rights, in particular repression, education and
identity documents;
18.3 To the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees:
• Take steps to fully address statelessness
as a distinct issue and start monitoring the
evolution of statelessness;
18.4 To UNICEF:
• Address the obstacles stateless children
face and implement online courses open to
them and validated by recognised certificates.
18.5 To Mr Staffan de Mistura, Special
Envoy for Syria:
• Address the issue of stateless Syrians,
including victims of the 1962 census, in the
peace talks conducted in Geneva and Sochi.