Human Rights and Arbitrary Deprivation of Nationality

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 2008.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 2008–2016

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/32/5

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What subjects does this mandate have?

11 topics

Denaturalization Discrimination Human Rights Violations Laws and Regulations Legal Remedies Right to Nationality Social Integration State Succession Statelessness Treaties Treaty-Monitoring Bodies

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2009.

2009A/HRC/10/34Arbitrary deprivation of nationality report of the Secretary-General

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What does this mandate say?

10 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms that the right to a nationality of every human person is a fundamental human right;

Recognizes that arbitrary deprivation of nationality on racial, national, ethnic, religious, political or gender grounds is a violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms;

Calls upon all States to refrain from taking discriminatory measures and from enacting or maintaining legislation that would arbitrarily deprive persons of their nationality on grounds of race, colour, gender, religion, political opinion or national or ethnic origin, especially if such measures and legislation render a person stateless;

Urges all States to adopt and implement nationality legislation with a view to avoiding statelessness, consistent with fundamental principles of international law, in particular by preventing arbitrary deprivation of nationality and statelessness as a result of State succession;

Calls upon States that have not already done so to consider accession to the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons;

Notes that the full enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms of an individual might be impeded as a result of arbitrary deprivation of nationality, thereby hampering his or her social integration;

Calls upon States to ensure that an effective remedy is available to persons who have been arbitrarily deprived of their nationality;

Urges the appropriate mechanisms of the Council and the appropriate United Nations treaty bodies and encourages the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to continue to collect information on the issue of human rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality from all relevant sources and to take account of such information, together with any recommendations thereon, in their reports and activities conducted within their respective mandates;

Requests the Secretary-General to collect information on this question from all relevant sources and to make it available to the Council at its tenth session;

Decides to continue its consideration of this matter at its tenth session under the same agenda item.

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