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Foundation for Access to Rights Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion & European Network on Statelessness Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council at the 36th Session of the Universal Periodic Review (Third Cycle, April/May 2020) Bulgaria 03 October 2019

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Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council – UPR36 Bulgaria

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Source

NGO : ENS
NGO : ISI
NGO : National / Local NGOs

Region

Europe

Country

Bulgaria

Theme

Detention
Human Rights Enjoyment by Stateless People
Identification / Determination of Statelessness

Framework

UN Human Rights system

Description: The Foundation for Access to Rights FAR), Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI) and European Network on Statelessness (ENS) made this joint submission to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), on the right to a nationality and human rights challenges pertaining to statelessness in Bulgaria.

This submission focuses on: I. Lack of access to the statelessness determination procedure; II. Lack of protection during the procedure for applicants for statelessness status; III. Burden of proof and remedies in the statelessness determination procedure; IV. No access to the labour market and the health care system by holders of statelessness status; V. Poor identification of statelessness; VI. Arbitrary and prolonged detention of stateless persons; and VII. Protecting the right to a nationality - prevention and reduction of statelessness.

UN Body: Human Rights Council

Session: 36

Date of Session

Nov 2, 2020 ~ Nov 13, 2020

Date of submission: Oct 3, 2019

Submitting Organisations: Foundation for Access to Rights, European Network on Statelessness and the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion

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