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High Level Segment on Statelessness: Civil Society Perspectives and Contribution
High Level Segment on Statelessness: Civil Society Perspectives and Contribution
Allow Equal Right for Malaysian Men and Women to Confer Nationality on Spouses and Children
Allow Equal Right for Malaysian Men and Women to Confer Nationality on Spouses and ChildrenOriginally published in the New Strait Times, March 25, 2019. The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) urges the government to reform Malaysia’s nationality laws, to allow equal right for Malaysian men and women to confer nationality on their spouses and children....
A CALL FOR URGENT ACTION TO END GENDER DISCRIMINATION IN NATIONALITY LAWS: GOVERNMENTS CONTRADICT THEIR PLEDGES TO GENDER EQUALITY
A CALL FOR URGENT ACTION TO END GENDER DISCRIMINATION IN NATIONALITY LAWS: GOVERNMENTS CONTRADICT THEIR PLEDGES TO GENDER EQUALITYGlobal Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights Statement, May 2, 2019 (Available in Arabic and French) From April 24-25, 2019 civil society leaders from Africa, the Caribbean, the Middle East, South Asia and Southeast Asia convened in...
Submission on Bahrain to the Committee on the Rights of the Child
Submission on Bahrain to the Committee on the Rights of the Child This submission was made to inform the Committee on the Rights of the Child's review of Bahrain at its 80th Session of the Committee (14 January 2019 - 1 February 2019). The submission focuses on gender discrimination in the nationality laws of Bahrain in violation of its commitments under the...
Oral Statement to the UN Human Rights Council: Saudi Arabia
Oral Statement to the UN Human Rights Council: Saudi ArabiaThe Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights and the European Saudi Organization for Human Rights, requests member states to consider our remarks on Saudi Arabia’s UPR, regarding two main issues: discrimination against women in nationality legislation, and the...