and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (Slovakia); Adopt and implement equal nationality rights to guarantee, in particular, women’s rights and gender equality, including by lifting reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (Kenya); Modify the laws to enable Emirati women to pass their nationality on to their children (Sierra Leone); Take legislative measures to enable Emirati women to transfer nationality to their children without restrictions (Slovakia); ACCEPTED Establish measures to facilitate access to justice, interpretation services and quality legal aid for migrant workers, stateless persons and domestic workers (Sierra Leone).80 TREATY BODIES Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women The Committee urges the State party to take all necessary steps to expedite the adoption of the amendment of the Nationality and Passports Law to grant women equal rights with regard to acquisition, change and retention of nationality and its conferral. The Committee also calls upon the State party to withdraw its reservation to article 9 of the Convention. Further, it recommends that the State party consider accession to international instruments to address the situation of stateless persons, including the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol, the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, and requests updated information on the situation of stateless women.81 The Committee reiterates its previous recommendation that the State party grant Emirati women the same rights as Emirati men to acquire, change and retain their nationality and to confer it on their children and foreign spouse. In this regard, it recommends that the State party revise its national law, withdraw its reservation to article 9 of the Convention and ratify the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol thereto, the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (see CEDAW/C/ARE/CO/1, para. 33). The Committee also recommends that the State party regularize the situation of stateless families and ensure their right to a nationality without discrimination.82 80 UN Human Rights Council, ‘Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review: United Arab Emirates’, A/HRC/38/14, (18 April 2018), paras. 141.39, 141.40, 141.47, 141.170, 141.171 and 141.216, available at: https://www.uprinfo.org/sites/default/files/documents/2018-06/a_hrc_38_14_e.pdf. 81 CEDAW, ‘Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: United Arab Emirates’, CEDAW/C/ARE/CO/1, (5 February 2010), para. 33, available at: https://documents-ddsny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N10/242/76/PDF/N1024276.pdf?OpenElement. 82 CEDAW, ‘Concluding Observations on The Combined Second and Third Periodic Reports of The United Arab Emirates’, CEDAW/C/ARE/CO/2-3, (24 November 2015), para. 36, available at: https://documents-ddsny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N15/387/27/PDF/N1538727.pdf?OpenElement. 15