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JOINT SUBMISSION TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD 88th Session (6-24 September 2021) Eswatini Coordinating Assembly of Non-Governmental Organisations Youth Sustainable Development Centre Southern African Human Rights Defenders Network Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights

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Joint Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child - 88 Eswatini

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NGO : GCENR
NGO : ISI
NGO : National / Local NGOs
NGO : Other International NGOs

Region

Africa

Country

Eswatini

Theme

Children
Discrimination
Women

Framework

UN Human Rights system

Description: The Coordinating Assembly of Non-Governmental Organisations (CANGO), the Youth Sustainable Development Centre (YSDC), the Southern African Human Rights Defenders Network (SAHRDN), the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights (GCENR) and the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI) made this joint submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC), on the right to a nationality and human rights challenges pertaining to statelessness in Eswatini.

This submission focuses on: I. Gender discrimination in Eswatini’s nationality law; II. Lack of safeguard to prevent statelessness; III. Impact of gender discrimination in the nationality law, insufficient safeguards against statelessness, and low levels of birth registration; and IV. Abuse and sexual violence against children.

UN Body: Committee on the Rights of the Child

Session: 88

Date of Session

Sep 6, 2021 ~ Sep 24, 2021

Date of submission: Aug 13, 2021

Submitting Organisations: The Coordinating Assembly of Non-Governmental Organisations, the Youth Sustainable Development Centre, the Southern African Human Rights Defenders Network, the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights and the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion

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