109 Amend the BDR Act to give responsibility of registering children to Ratify the 1961 United Nations Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and domesticate its provisions through nationality/citizenship laws so as to ensure that every child enjoys the right to acquire a nationality157 Take measures to ensure that all children born in Zimbabwe are registered at birth without discrimination in order to address the gap in law that denies children born of indeterminate nationality the right to have their births registered. Develop Regulations of the BDR Act for better implementation if its provisions. Amend Section 12 of the BDR Act to remove discriminatory provisions that affect registration of children born out of wedlock Amended BDR Act.158 Ratification of the 1961 Convention on Reduction of Statelessness and its incorporation in domestic legislation Number of birth registrations Regulations to the BDR Act Bill on amendment of BDR Act 156 155 109 See Chapter 4 on Special Interest Group, Refugee Section See Chapter 4 on Special Interest Group, Refugee Section 157 See recommendations from Treaty Bodies in annexure 6. 158 All recommended amendments to the BDRA must be coordinated and done at the same time. Non recognition of responsibility of grandparents, siblings and 5. Children born to parents of indeterminate nationality denied the right to have their birth registered155 3. Children born to parents of indeterminate nationality denied right to acquire Zimbabwean nationality and placed at risk of statelessness156 Lack of Regulations to the BDR Act 2. 4. Discriminatory provisions in the Births and Deaths Registration Act (BDR Act) such as Section 12 1. LEGAL Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Parliament of Zimbabwe Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage DRG Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Parliament of Zimbabwe Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Medium Long Term Short Term Medium Medium ZIMBABWE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION For Human Dignity N AT I O N A L I N Q U I R Y R E P O R T