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Israel

Temporary identity, migration management, and statelessness solutions

In Israel there is a sizable population of children, known colloquially as “sabra ghost”, who…

Religious discrimination

In India, Muslim and other ethnic minority populations have been made stateless by their discriminatory…

Registering minorities and stateless persons as foreigners

In early 2026, the CERD expressed concern that Bengali-speaking Muslims living in the State of…

Disability + ethnic discrimination in contexts of mobility

In 2019, the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities expressed concern regarding birth…

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…

Administrative blockage for children of mixed status parents

In 2017, CEDAW noted that in Kenya refugee and stateless women married to Kenyan nationals…

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…

Gender + religious + ethnic discrimination

In Laos, the Hmong people face discrimination and violence from the government which contributes to…

Marital status discrimination

Lebanon recognizes religious marriages, but not civil marriages. Marriage certificates are generally required to register…

Legal gender discrimination

Multiple treaty bodies have expressed concern that Lebanon’s 1925 Nationality Act does not allow Lebanese…

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….

Intergenerational statelessness among the migrant-descended / minority groups

In Lebanon, intergenerational statelessness is perpetuated by birth registration practices. The stateless population is estimated…