A/HRC/40/71 Contents Page I. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 3 II. General considerations ..................................................................................................................... 4 A. Panel discussions ..................................................................................................................... 4 B. General recommendations ....................................................................................................... 5 Recommendations to eliminate root causes and consequences of statelessness affecting minorities and preventing statelessness through a human rights approach ...................................... 6 A. Discussion ................................................................................................................................ 6 B. Recommendations.................................................................................................................... 7 Recommendations to address the main challenges of statelessness arising from conflicts, forced population movements and migration affecting minorities and to find possible solutions ............................................................................................................................. 8 A. Discussion ................................................................................................................................ 8 B. Recommendations.................................................................................................................... 9 Recommendations to ensure the right to a nationality for persons belonging to minorities through facilitation of birth registration, naturalization and citizenship for stateless minorities...... 10 A. Discussion ................................................................................................................................ 10 B. Recommendations.................................................................................................................... 10 Recommendations on addressing statelessness affecting minority women and children and advancing gender equality in nationality laws ................................................................................. 11 A. Discussion ................................................................................................................................ 11 B. Recommendations.................................................................................................................... 12 III. IV. V. VI. 2