II. III. sanitation”1, which was supported by South Africa. Mexico recommended that South Africa “carry out the necessary measures to eliminate the barriers that impede the birth registration of all persons born in South African territory”2, including migrants and refugees, which was supported by South Africa. Slovakia recommended that South Africa “ensure that all children are issued with a birth certificate in order to access various social services, with particular focus on children of migrants”3, which was supported by South Africa. 5. South Africa was reviewed under Session 27 of the Third Cycle, where it received four recommendations relating directly to statelessness or the right to nationality: I. South Africa received three recommendations4 to ratify/accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. These recommendations were noted by South Africa. II. South Africa received a recommendation from Hungary to “refrain from depriving citizenship through the blocking of identity documents and establish a dedicated procedure to identify stateless persons” 5, which was noted by South Africa. 6. South Africa also received eight recommendations in relation to birth registration: I. II. III. IV. V. VI. Kenya recommends South Africa to “implement the Convention on the Rights of the Child through the harmonization of its national laws to ensure that the minimum age for marriage is established at 18 years for both girls and boys and remove barriers to birth registration”6, which was accepted by South Africa. Serbia recommends South Africa to “further engage in facilitating administrative procedures for birth registration, especially for disadvantaged children coming from rural and poor areas”7, which was accepted by South Africa. Czechia recommends South Africa to “ensure registration of all children at birth as well as delayed registration of children who have not been registered at birth” 8, which was accepted by South Africa. Turkey recommends South Africa to “amend legislation and regulations in order to ensure universal birth registration for children born in its territory” 9, which was noted by South Africa. Mexico recommends South Africa to “ensure birth registration of all children born on South African territory, regardless of the immigration status or nationality of the parents”10, which was noted by South Africa. Albania11, Liechtenstein12 and Portugal13 recommend South Africa to “review its relevant legislation and regulations on birth registration and nationality to ensure 1 See the Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review - South Africa, 9 July 2012, A/HRC/21/16, available at https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G12/151/29/PDF/G1215129.pdf?OpenElement, para 124.58 2 Ibid., para 124.150 3 Ibid., para 124.151 4 See the Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review - South Africa, 18 July 2017, A/HRC/36/16, available at https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G17/216/43/PDF/G1721643.pdf?OpenElement , para 139.21 (Belgium and Germany), para 139.22 (Kenya), para 139.23 (Australia) 5 Ibid., para 139.243 6 Ibid., para 139.222 7 Ibid., para 139.236 8 Ibid., para 139.235 9 Ibid., para 139.241 10 Ibid., para 139.240 11 Ibid., para 139.237 12 Ibid., para 139.238 13 Ibid., para 139.239 2