China
State family planning policies
During China’s one child policy from 1979-2015, unauthorized births were impossible to register without a…
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Cote d’Ivoire
Politicized birth registration practices as part of conflict / contests over territory
In Côte d’Ivoire, two civil wars have been fought over questions of national identity and…
Cote d’Ivoire
Gender + religious + ethnic discrimination
In Côte D’Ivoire, ethnic discrimination continues to affect whether and how the births of the…
Cote d’Ivoire
Registering minorities and stateless persons as foreigners
Over 25% of the population in Côte D’Ivoire are registered as ‘foreigners,’ even though they…
Cote d’Ivoire
Intergenerational statelessness among the migrant-descended / minority groups
Descendants of migrant workers have been stateless in Côte D’Ivoire for generations. Most workers were…
Cyprus
Gender + religious + ethnic discrimination
The 2019 UPR noted that Cyprus has been known to deny registration and Cypriot nationality…
Cyprus
Administrative blockage for children of mixed status parents
A stakeholder submission to the 2024 UPR reported that when a child is born in…
Cyprus
Indefinite deferral of decision
In Cyprus, temporal bordering along ethnic lines happens when applicants for Cypriot nationality are not…
Cyprus
Politicized birth registration practices as part of conflict / contests over territory
Cyprus is divided into the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus, a de facto state only…
Dominican Republic
Expansive legal and administrative interpretation of “in transit” exceptions for all children born to foreigners without status
In the Dominican Republic (DR), an expansive interpretation of “in transit” has been applied to…
Egypt
Politicized birth registration practices as part of conflict / contests over territory
The Halayeb and the Shalateen triangle in eastern Egypt was claimed by both Egypt and…
Egypt
Born in transit
Children born en route to Egypt may not be issued a birth certificate because many…