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Somalia UPR Pre-Session Statement
Somalia UPR Pre-Session Statement (cc) United Nations Photo Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights statement during the Universal Periodic Review pre-Session on Somalia: The Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights (the Global Campaign) is a coalition of international and national organizations that promotes gender equality in nationality laws, so that...
Parliamentarians Commit to Advocate Gender Equal Nationality Laws & Combat Statelessness
Parliamentarians Commit to Advocate Gender Equal Nationality Laws & Combat Statelessness In November 2015 parliamentarians from around the globe convened in Cape Town, South Africa to discuss the root causes of statelessness and consider interventions for its eradication. Organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union, UNHCR and the Parliament of South Africa, the...
Madagascar Poised to Remove Gender Discrimination from Nationality Laws
Madagascar Poised to Remove Gender Discrimination from Nationality LawsAntananarivo, Madagascar, November 5, 2015 – Madagascar, one of 27 countries that deny women the right to confer their citizenship to their children, is poised to remove this gender discrimination from its Nationality Code, a move that would ensure all citizens have equal rights to confer...
Human Rights Violations Resulting from Gender Discrimination in Oman’s Nationality Law
Human Rights Violations Resulting from Gender Discrimination in Oman's Nationality LawStatement by the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights to inform the Universal Periodic Review of Oman The Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights would like to respectfully raise the issue of gender discrimination in Oman’s nationality law for consideration during this...
Sept 22 Event: Achieving Equal Nationality Rights (Geneva)
Sept 22 Event: Achieving Equal Nationality Rights (Geneva)The Permanent Missions of People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, The Republic of Kenya, Portugal and the United States, in collaboration with OHCHR, UNHCR, Equal Rights Trust, and the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights have the pleasure to invite you to: Tuesday, 22 September, 13h – 14:30H Light...
