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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...
Malaysian Civil Society Calls for Government Action to Uphold Equal Nationality Rights for Women and Men
Malaysian Civil Society Calls for Government Action to Uphold Equal Nationality Rights for Women and MenFollowing the Malaysian National Consultation on Achieving Equal Nationality Rights for Women and Men, Malaysian civil society are calling for the new Pakatan Harapan government to enact reforms to uphold the equal right of Malaysian women and men to confer...
Kuwait: Give women equal citizenship rights to men
Kuwait: Give women equal citizenship rights to menThe Kuwaiti nationality law discriminates against women, preventing them from passing on their nationality to their children and spouses on an equal basis with men. This can leave them unable to access state services such as health and education, and gender discrimination in nationality laws is one of the primary...
UN agencies & civil society organizations call for the repeal of gender-discriminatory nationality laws
UN agencies & civil society organizations call for the repeal of gender-discriminatory nationality lawsUN Women, UNICEF, UNHCR and the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights urge Member States to uphold gender-equal nationality laws at the High-Level Political Forum On the margins of the UN High-Level Political Forum, UN Women, UNICEF, UNHCR and the Global...