Lebanon
Babies born to nations without states
In Lebanon, the documentation situation of Palestinian parents makes it impossible for them to register…
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Lebanon
Temporary identity, migration management, and statelessness solutions
In Lebanon, some Palestinians have been granted temporary status, which would allow them to register…
Lebanon
Blocked access to reproductive healthcare
In Lebanon, many women living in rural areas and/or belonging to marginalized communities give birth…
Lesotho
Gender inequality in women’s independent access to their own ID
Prior to 2011, women in Lesotho did not have equal independent acces to their own…
Lesotho
Legal gender discrimination
In 2017, civil society organizations in Lesotho brought it to the CRC’s attention that Mosotho…
Lesotho
Consolidation of postcolonial state control over territorial borders and borderlands through birth registration
Lesotho received recommendations from the CRC in 2018 regarding birth registration, including strengthening birth registration…
Madagascar
Gender + religious + ethnic discrimination
In Madagascar the Karana, who are a Muslim minority population descended from South Asian immigrants,…
Madagascar
Marital status discrimination
Before 2017, Madagascar’s Nationality Code was found to create a narrower set of circumstances in…
Madagascar
Deficient consular civil registration services
Madagascar is a country of origin for women migrant workers to the Middle East, Europe,…
Malawi
Legal gender discrimination
Since 1966, both men and women have been able to pass down Malawi citizenship to…
Mauritania
Intergenerational statelessness among the migrant-descended / minority groups
In Mauritania, new birth registration practices risk perpetuating intergenerational statelessness for the Haratin and Black…
Mauritania
Gender + religious + ethnic discrimination
In Mauritania, new efforts to strengthen birth registration risk perpetuating a historical caste system. Slavery…