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Morocco

Temporary identity, migration management, and statelessness solutions

Morocco’s temporary migration management schemes have been limited in terms of their impact on migrant…

Myanmar

Disability + ethnic discrimination in contexts of mobility

According to a civil society submission to the CRPD in 2019, approximately 1 in 4…

Namibia

Ad hoc documentation for children of non-resident mothers

In Namibia, women determined not to be ‘ordinarily resident,’ namely Angolan women, are currently issued…

Namibia

Consolidation of postcolonial state control over territorial borders and borderlands through birth registration

In 2024 the CRC recommended that Namibia strengthen efforts to ensure all children have access…

Namibia

Spatial containment and constraints on mobility

In Namibia, birth registration is blocked for children of asylum seekers and refugees. CERD (2008)…

Namibia

Civil registrar discretion

In Namibia, some civil registrars refuse to issue birth certificates to single mothers. Birth registration…

Namibia

Politicized birth registration practices as part of conflict / contests over territory

In Namibia, the Caprivi Strip is one of the regions with the lowest levels of…

Nepal

Legal gender discrimination

In 2018, echoing similar recommendations from 2011, CEDAW urged Nepal to amend or repeal all…

Nepal

Gender + religious + ethnic discrimination

According to a 2025 civil society submission to CEDAW, Dalit and Madheshi women in Nepal…

Nepal

Discrimination against LGBTQ+ parents

According to a 2025 joint submission to CEDAW, Nepal only allows citizenship by descent for…

North Macedonia

Gender-based violence

In 2018, CEDAW noted the barriers Roma women face in North Macedonia in regards to…