Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council at the 37th Session of the Universal Periodic Review. Oman Introduction 1. The Omani Association for Human Rights, the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights and the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, make this joint submission to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), on the right to a nationality and human rights challenges pertaining to statelessness in Oman. 2. The Omani Association For Human Rights is a non-profit Organisation. The consolidation of freedom of the press and that of expression, the promotion of women’s rights and exposing society to the issue of gender equality are the basic principles of this organisation. The main objective is to view human rights from different perspectives through the strengthening of intercultural solidarity and therefore to promote their establishment in society. 3. The Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights (GCENR)1 mobilises international action for the removal of gender-discriminatory provisions from all nationality laws, through its coalition of national, regional and international organizations and activists, including steering committee members Equality Now, Equal Rights Trust, the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, Women’s Learning Partnership, and Women’s Refugee Commission. 4. The Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI) 2 is an independent non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting an integrated, human rights-based response to the injustice of statelessness and exclusion. Established in August 2014, it is the first and only global centre committed to promoting the human rights of stateless persons and ending statelessness. The Institute has made nearly 70 country specific UPR submissions on the human rights of stateless persons, and also compiled summaries of the key human rights challenges related to statelessness in all countries under review under the 23rd to the 36th UPR Sessions. 5. This submission focuses on: a. Gender-based discrimination regarding the transmission of nationality b. Children’s right to a nationality c. Deprivation of nationality resulting in statelessness 1 2 For more information about the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights, see: www.equalnationalityrights.org. For more information about the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, see: www.institutesi.org. 1