Annex I: Overview of the relevant and recent UPR and UNTB Recommendations
Universal Periodic Review
Report of the Working Group (2019) A/HRC/42/15
Accepted
6.12. Ratify the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction
of Statelessness (Haiti)
Noted
6.24. Withdraw its reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women, such as the right of a child to obtain Qatari nationality from a Qatari woman married to a foreign
man, in line with SDGs 5 and 10 (Netherlands)
6.28. Consider the withdrawal of the reservation to art. 9 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms
of Discrimination against Women, which ensures equal rights for women in transferring citizenship
(Romania)
6.29. Ensure the full implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women into domestic law, withdraw its reservations to articles 2, 9, 15, as well as 16, and
furthermore ratify the Optional Protocol (Liechtenstein)
6.69. Take all necessary and immediate measures to restore the nationality to Al-Ghufran tribe and apply
the principle of equality of rights and privileges among citizens (Saudi Arabia)
6.161. Continue the reforms aiming at bridging the gap between men and women, particularly on personal
rights and transmission of nationality (France)
6.162. Amend the Law on nationality to grant the Qatari women the right to confer their nationality to their
children on the same condition as men, as well as take measures to ensure that all children are registered
at birth, without discrimination (Mexico)
6.163. Reconsider its citizenship legislation in order to ensure that in practice, nationality can be transferred
to children from the mother side, and not only from the paternity, especially for children who would
otherwise be stateless (Serbia)
6.164. Amend its citizenship laws to allow children to acquire their nationality through both maternal and
paternal line without distinction (Slovenia)
6.165. Take necessary measures to amend the citizenship law and to allow Qatari women to pass their
nationality to their children and spouses in equal basis with men, consistent with international standards
and principles of equality and non-discrimination on the grounds of sex (Argentina)
6.166. Amend the Citizenship Law to enable Qatari women to transfer nationality to their children and
spouses on an equal basis to men (Iceland)
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