Cyprus
Gender + religious + ethnic discrimination
The 2019 UPR noted that Cyprus has been known to deny registration and Cypriot nationality even when the child has one Cypriot parent, on the basis of the foreign parent’s ethnicity, gender, place of residence, or means of entering the country. In 2022, Cyprus received a recommendation from the CRC to facilitate acquisition of nationality for children who would otherwise be stateless, regardless of their parents’ citizenship, residence, legal or marital status, with particular attention given to children born to refugee, asylum-seeking, migrant or stateless parents. Cyprus received multiple similar recommendations from the 2024 UPR.
