A/HRC/RES/32/7
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
18 July 2016
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-second session
Agenda item 3
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 30 June 2016
The right to a nationality: women’s equal nationality rights
in law and in practice
32/7.
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes, principles and provisions of the Charter of the United
Nations,
Guided also by article 15 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, according
to which everyone has the right to a nationality and no one shall be arbitrarily deprived of
his or her nationality, and article 2 of the same Declaration, according to which everyone is
entitled to the rights and freedoms set forth in the Declaration without distinction of any
kind, including on the basis of sex,
Recalling its adoption of resolutions 13/2 of 24 March 2010 on arbitrary deprivation
of nationality, 20/4 of 5 July 2012 on the right to nationality, and 28/13 of 26 March 2015
on birth registration,
Bearing in mind the challenges still faced by all countries throughout the world to
achieve gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls,
Noting the provisions of international and regional human rights instruments
recognizing the equal right to nationality, including article 9 of the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, article 18 of the Convention
on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and article 5 (d) (iii) of the International
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination,
Taking into account the fact that article 9 of the Convention on the Elimination of
All Forms of Discrimination against Women recognizes that women have equal rights with
men to acquire, change or retain their nationality and with respect to the nationality of their
children,
Noting that, in its general recommendation No. 32 (2014) on the gender-related
dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality and statelessness of women, the
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women seeks to ensure equality
between men and women in the ability to confer their nationality on their spouse,
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