its provisions.
II.
Take all necessary measures in line with obligations under the CRC and ICCPR to grant
Nepali citizenship without delay to all children residing in the State party who would
otherwise be stateless, particularly children born to Nepali mothers, and implement
adequate safeguards to protect all children from statelessness.
III.
Review and improve the current application process for citizenship certificates and
simplify the process with a view to expediting it and making it more accessible to all
applicants.
IV.
Review and enhance the transparency of the system for reviewing and granting
applications for citizenship and reduce the discretionary threshold for such decisions,
so that citizenship certificates are granted upon meeting the relevant criteria.
V.
Create a process to provide training to District Administration Offices on the provision
of citizenship certificates, and establish a complaint or review mechanism in case of
denial of citizenship application or discriminatory practices by civil servants.
VI.
Conduct a comprehensive study on the state of statelessness of minority and lowercaste groups, and ensure that caste-based discrimination does not result in denial of
citizenship.
VII.
Find durable solutions for the enduring statelessness of intergenerational refugee
populations in Nepal.
VIII.
Accede to and fully implement the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless
Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.
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