Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply SLE 2/2014 14/11/2014 Sierra Leone AL Discrimination against women ; Letter concerning discriminatory provisions against women in nationality legislation. According to the information received, legislation in Sierra Leone discriminates against women in that children born abroad acquire Sierra Leonean citizenship by descent if their father is a Sierra Leonean citizen but not if their mother is a Sierra Leonean citizen. 12/12/2014 SOM 1/2014 14/11/2014 Somalia AL Discrimination against women ; Letter concerning discriminatory provisions against women in nationality legislation. According to the information received, the 1962 Somali Citizenship Law provides that only children of Somali fathers acquire Somali citizenship. SDN 5/2014 14/11/2014 Sudan AL Discrimination against women ; Letter concerning discriminatory provisions against women in nationality legislation. According to the information received, the 1994 Nationality Act in Sudan is not fully harmonized with Article 7 of the Interim Sudanese Constitution. The Act allows children to automatically acquire the nationality of their father if he has been residing in Sudan since 1956, whereas women who want to confer their nationality to their children must go through a reportedly complex and difficult application process. SUR 1/2014 14/11/2014 Suriname AL Discrimination against women ; Letter concerning discriminatory provisions against women in nationality legislation. According to the information received, legislation in Suriname discriminates against women in that those children born abroad of unmarried parents acquire Surinamese citizenship by descent if their father is a Surinamese citizen but not if their mother is. SWZ 2/2014 14/11/2014 Swaziland AL Discrimination against women ; Letter concerning discriminatory provisions against women in nationality legislation. According to the information received, legislation in Swaziland discriminates against women in that they are not able to confer their Swazi nationality to their children. Reportedly, according to the 2005 Constitution children born inside or outside of Swaziland prior to 2005 to at least one Swazi parent acquires Swazi citizenship but children born after 2005 only acquire citizenship from Swazi fathers. SYR 7/2014 14/11/2014 Syrian Arab AL Republic Discrimination against women ; Letter concerning discriminatory provisions against women in nationality legislation. According to the information received, legislation in the Syrian Arab Republic discriminates against women in that they can only confer their nationality to their children if they are born in the Syrian Arab Republic and the father does not establish filiation in relation to the child. A/HRC/28/85 124 Date Type