Italy
Discretionary registration practices in absence of statelessness determination procedures (SDP)
In Italy, it is assumed that children will take on the parent’s (usually mother’s) nationality….
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Italy
Migration enforcement within birth registration process
In Italy, many parents with irregular status do not register their children due to fear…
India
Religious discrimination
In India, Muslim and other ethnic minority populations have been made stateless by their discriminatory…
India
Registering minorities and stateless persons as foreigners
In early 2026, the CERD expressed concern that Bengali-speaking Muslims living in the State of…
India
Disability + ethnic discrimination in contexts of mobility
In 2019, the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities expressed concern regarding birth…
Kazakhstan
Legal and administrative obstacles for foreign parents with precarious status
Before 2019 children of undocumented migrants and stateless persons in Kazakhstan could not be registered…
Kenya
Administrative blockage for children of mixed status parents
In 2017, CEDAW noted that in Kenya refugee and stateless women married to Kenyan nationals…
Kenya
Administrative procedures for conferring citizenship on children born to citizen mothers and foreign fathers
Under Kenya’s previous Constitution, Kenyan women who gave birth to a child outside of Kenya…
Laos
Gender + religious + ethnic discrimination
In Laos, the Hmong people face discrimination and violence from the government which contributes to…
Lebanon
Marital status discrimination
Lebanon recognizes religious marriages, but not civil marriages. Marriage certificates are generally required to register…
Lebanon
Legal gender discrimination
Multiple treaty bodies have expressed concern that Lebanon’s 1925 Nationality Act does not allow Lebanese…
Lebanon
Legal and administrative obstacles for foreign parents with precarious status
In Lebanon, authorities are reluctant to issue birth certificates for children of Syrians residing there….