The right to a nationality: Women’s Equal Nationality Rights in Law and in Practice 2016, para. 19

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Noting that, among displaced, migrant and refugee populations, gender inequality in nationality laws may leave children born in woman-headed households, including those headed by indigenous women, at risk of statelessness and may pose a barrier to children’s eventual voluntary return to the country of their parents’ residence,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
  • Movement
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Ethnic minorities
  • Persons on the move
  • Women
Year
2016
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PP
Reference
HRC resolution, The right to a nationality: Women’s Equal Nationality Rights in Law and in Practice (2016), A/HRC/RES/32/7, PP 19.
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PP
Paragraph number
19