V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIV. XV. implementing citizenship laws and policies for the inclusion of Bengali, Bihari and Rohingya communities; and ensure adopting measures to provide protection to stateless persons and those at risk of statelessness, including the right to free movement, work, health and education. Expand interpretation of Pakistan’s Jus Soli (by birth on the territory) citizenship provision in section 4 of the Pakistan Citizenship Act, in accordance with Pakistan’s international law obligations, in order to facilitate citizenship acquisition of children born on the territory to non-Pakistani parents who are not deemed to be “enemy aliens”. Ensure that Bengali and Bihari children who are legally entitled to citizenship by birth on the territory, are not denied their right to citizenship as a result of discriminatory implementation of the law. Further ensure that all persons who have been denied access to citizenship in this manner, have their citizenship restored in an expeditious manner. Recognise and restore the citizenship of all Bengali and Bihari persons who have been forcibly registered as aliens and issued with ARCs and NARA cards, thereby in effect, depriving them of their Pakistani citizenship. Ensure that all children – including stateless children and undocumented children – have access to education as protected under Article 25-A of the Constitution of Pakistan. Provide training to staff of all relevant government departments to ensure that they are sensitised to the different challenges that stateless, undocumented and at risk of statelessness people face; that they are aware of their legal obligations to not discriminate and to facilitate documentation and access to rights for such people, and are provided the tools to deal with such people with empathy. In accordance with NADRA policy, ensure the equal right of women in practice, to register the births of their children against their own CNIC without the need to provide the father’s CNIC. Review administrative procedures to ensure that no one is left without a birth registration, including by taking measures to reach rural populations through mobile units. Further, ensure that everyone born in Pakistan has the access to acquiring a CRC and CNIC, on the basis of the birth registration. Record and report accurate statistics of the stateless population in Pakistan, including Rohingyas, Afghan refugees, Ethnic Bengalis and Urdu speaking Biharis. Provide documentation to undocumented Afghans and other stateless people. Expedite facilitated citizenship for stateless groups including Afghans and Rohingyas. Ratify and fully implement the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 17

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