Recommendations
22. To address the multifaceted issue of statelessness and discrimination in Saudi Arabia, the co-submitting
organisations recommend the following:
i.
Ensure that all necessary steps are taken to amend the Citizenship Law to enable Saudi women to
transfer nationality to their children and spouses without restriction, on an equal basis to men
without unnecessary delay, in accordance with international standards.
ii.
Take all necessary steps to facilitate the pathway to citizenship and the full rights associated with
citizenship for those who have been determined stateless Bidoon in Saudi Arabia, and to ensure that
no child of these communities are born stateless in the territory of Saudi Arabia.
iii.
Take all necessary steps to implement comprehensive safeguards against statelessness of any child
who is born in Saudi Arabia. This would protect all children’s right to acquire and preserve nationality
without discrimination.
iv.
Ensure that all stateless populations in Saudi Arabia with a refugee and migration background, such
as the Palestinians and Rohingya, are ensured full access to rights and services and a secure and
indefinite residency status. Ensure that all children born to these communities in Saudi Arabia, are
granted Saudi nationality in compliance with Saudi Arabia’s obligations under the CRC.
v.
Take all necessary steps to accede to and fully implement the 1954 and 1961 Statelessness
Conventions.