International recommendation

Stateless children

Issue date:
Human rights body:
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
Populations of concern:
ChildrenStateless persons
Relevant CRC articles:
Art. 7 – Birth registrationArt. 8 – Identity
Source:
CRC/C/NOR/CO/7

Recommended measures (2)

Measure
Measure types:
Laws and regulationsFollow-up of recommendations

The Committee is concerned that stateless children born in the State Party are not automatically granted Norwegian nationality and, recalling its previous recommendations, urges the State Party to adopt a statutory legal definition of statelessness in line with international standards and establish safeguards to facilitate the acquisition of nationality for children who would otherwise be stateless and a statelessness determination procedure.

Measure
Measure type:
Laws and regulations

The Committee urges the State Party to review and amend the Norwegian Citizenship Act with a view to providing automatic acquisition of Norwegian nationality for stateless children born in the State Party.