rights challenges related to statelessness in all countries under the 23rd to the 28th UPR Sessions.2 5. This joint submission focuses on continued violations of Burundian women’s rights with respect to nationality and subsequent violations of the rights of their children and foreign spouses in The Republic of Burundi. The Universal Period Review of the Republic of Burundi under the Second Cycle (2013) 6. The Republic of Burundi was first subjected to the Universal Periodic Review on 2 December 2008, at Session 10 of the First Cycle, and subsequently on 24 January 2013, at Session 23 of the Second Cycle of the UPR. Following are a selection of the most relevant recommendations (to this submission) received and accepted by Burundi at its second UPR, in relation to gender discrimination in nationality laws and birth registration:3 Recommendation Recommending State Put in line with the non-discrimination principle provided Switzerland by CEDAW, the Persons and Family Code and the law governing inheritance, marriages regime and gifts Intensify efforts in order to eradicate from its legislation Uruguay and practice all discriminatory laws and adopt a comprehensive strategy on awareness-raising campaigns to eliminate discrimination based on any grounds and against all vulnerable groups, particularly girls with respect to their inheritance and education rights, children born out of wedlock, albinos and those pertaining to the Batwa minority and taken into families under the kafala regime Promote gender equality and adopt legislation to protect Madagascar vulnerable groups Take the necessary measures to ensure that all the Mexico persons born in Burundi obtain a birth certificate regardless the status of their parents Strengthen efforts to ensure increased free birth Namibia registration for children, both in urban and rural areas Ensure access of all children to free birth registration Turkey 2 For more on the Institute’s UPR advocacy, see http://www.institutesi.org/ourwork/humanrights.php. For a full list of recommendations, see A/HRC/23/9 available at: https://www.uprinfo.org/sites/default/files/document/burundi/session_15_-_january_2013/ahrc239e.pdf 3