Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply BHS 2/2014 14/11/2014 Bahamas AL Discrimination against women ; Letter concerning discriminatory provisions against women in nationality legislation. According to the information received, current nationality law of The Bahamas discriminates against women in that, although a child born in the country to either a Bahamian father or mother acquires Bahamian nationality, children born abroad can acquire Bahamian nationality only if they are born to Bahamian fathers, not mothers. Furthermore, unlike Bahamian men, Bahamian women cannot pass on their nationality to their spouses of foreign nationality. BHR 14/2014 14/11/2014 Bahrain AL Discrimination against women ; Letter concerning discriminatory provisions against women in nationality legislation. 27/01/2015 According to the information received, current nationality law in Bahrain discriminates against women in that it allows mothers to confer their nationality to their children born either in their home countries or abroad only if the fathers are unknown or stateless. On the contrary, men may automatically confer their nationality to their children. BRB 1/2014 14/11/2014 Barbados AL Discrimination against women ; Letter concerning discriminatory provisions against women in nationality legislation. According to the information received, current nationality law in Barbados discriminates against women in that, although a child born in the country to either a Barbadian father or mother acquires Barbadian nationality, only children born abroad from Barbadian fathers, not mothers, can acquire Barbadian nationality. BRN 2/2014 14/11/2014 Brunei AL Darussalam Discrimination against women ; Letter concerning discriminatory provisions against women in nationality legislation. 12/01/2015 According to the information received, current nationality law in Brunei Darussalam discriminates against women in that Bruneian women cannot transmit their nationality to their foreign husbands and children on an equal basis with Bruneian men married to foreign nationals. Furthermore, children of Bruneian women married to foreign nationals need to follow an application process to be accorded Bruneian citizenship, pursuant to Section 6 of the Brunei Nationality Act. A/HRC/28/85 119