Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council

Hungary recommended that Switzerland “formalize the statelessness determination procedure and ensure the procedure is fair, effective and accessible to all persons in Switzerland regardless of their legal status; ensure that the definition of ‘statelessness person’ is fully consistent with the definition provided in the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons”,7 which it accept. [...] 2.2 and article 3) • Convention of the Rights of the Child (see articles 2, 3, 7 and 8) • Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (see article 9) • International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (see article 5(d)(iii)) • Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (see article 18) • International Convention for the Pro. [...] In 2008, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination noted with concern “the fact that the cantons and communes may introduce stricter conditions than the Confederation on naturalization matters, may infringe upon the right to private life, and that the lack of definition of integration criteria in the naturalization process could lead municipal assemblies to adopt inconsistent stand. [...] The decision taken by the SEM can be appealed at the Federal Administrative Court and in second instance to the Federal Court.50 The procedure is written in one of the official languages. [...] In 2015, the Committee on the Rights of the Child noted its concern “at reports about delays in registering children of foreign nationals” and, moreover, that children born in Switzerland who would otherwise be stateless “are not guaranteed the right to acquire Swiss nationality.” 75 Accordingly, on the basis of articles 7, 8, and 13-17 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Committee r.