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60. State requirements for the granting of citizenship, including in relation to
any preference in terms of linguistic, religious or ethnic characteristics, must be
reasonable and justified in order not to constitute a form of discrimination
prohibited under international law.
61. There needs to be further clarification of what constitutes discriminatory
denial or deprivation of citizenship. The Special Rapporteur calls upon the
international community, Member States, international organizations and other
interested parties to assist in the development of further practical guidelines,
including their production in the official languages of the United Nations and
their dissemination through social and other media so as to ensure as wide access
as possible.
62. The Special Rapporteur invites UNHCR, the Office of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Human Rights and other international, regional and
national interested parties to consider, as part of the Global Action Plan to End
Statelessness, organizing a dedicated international forum in 2019 or 2020 on how
to implement action 1, on resolving existing major situations of statelessness,
specifically in relation to the major situations of statelessness, which all involve
minorities around the world.
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