of UN Committees
concluding observations
2000 / 2010
Policies / Xenophobia
- year: 2011
- committee: CMW
- country: Mexico
- region: Latin America and the Caribbean
References:
CAT: Committee Against Torture
HRC: Human Rights Committee
CEDAW: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
CESCR: Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
CERD: Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
CMW: Committee on Migrant Workers
CRC: Committee on the Rights of the Child
Mexico, CMW/C/MEX/CO/2
39.The Committee notes that article 30 of the Mexican Constitution establishes that all individuals born in the State party are Mexican by birth, regardless of their parents’ nationality. The Committee notes with concern that many Civil Registry officials refuse to register the births of children of undocumented migrant workers in the State party.
40.The Committee recommends that the State party adopt effective measures, including amendments to article 68 of the Population Act, to ensure that Civil Registry officials and other relevant authorities register all births of children of migrant workers in the State party on an entirely non-discriminatory basis, regardless of those workers’ migration status.
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