Bosnia and Herzegovina
Gender + religious + ethnic discrimination
In Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) the Roma population is the largest national minority group, and…
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Blocked access to reproductive healthcare
In 2019, CEDAW expressed concerns around Roma, refugee, and asylum seeking women’s lack of access…
Bolivia
Disability + ethnic discrimination in contexts of mobility
In Bolivia, disability is made “invisible” in various ways, including not always registering births of…
Bolivia
Discrimination against LGBTQ+ parents
In Bolivia, transgender birthing parents face barriers to obtaining accurate birth certificates for their children….
Brazil
Gender + religious + ethnic discrimination
In Brazil, Indigenous people face obstacles to registering their children. These obstacles include geographical isolation…
Canada
Gender + religious + ethnic discrimination
In Canada, Indigenous people have struggled to have their names legally recognized on birth certificates…
Cambodia
Intergenerational statelessness among the migrant-descended / minority groups
Ethnic Vietnamese within Cambodia face difficulties acquiring birth certificates and nationality for themselves and their…
Cambodia
Consolidation of postcolonial state control over territorial borders and borderlands through birth registration
The Khmer Krom face difficulties acquiring birth certificates and Cambodian nationality. The Khmer Krom are…
Cameroon
Marital status discrimination
In 2017, the CRC noted that Cameroon places additional conditions on children born out of…
Cameroon
Administrative blockage for children of mixed status parents
Cameroon appears to have gender equality in ability to transmit nationality to one’s children, but…
Cameroon
Politicized birth registration practices as part of conflict / contests over territory
Cameroon gained full sovereignty over the Bakassi Peninsula in 2013 after a territorial dispute with…
Cameroon
Politicized birth registration practices as part of conflict / contests over territory
In Cameroon several conflicts are happening concurrently, escalating with the Anglophone Crisis in 2016. This…