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(a)
Amend Law No. 38 of 2005 to allow Qatari women married to noncitizens to transmit without discrimination their nationality to their foreign spouses,
and to their children from birth, in particular for those children who would otherwise
be stateless;
(b)
Remove from Law No. 38 of 2005 and its implementation regulations all
the provisions that are discriminatory towards naturalized Qatari, and ensure that
naturalized Qatari enjoy all human rights without discrimination and on an equal
basis with Qatari nationals born in Qatar, in line with the country’s obligations under
the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination;
(c)
Adopt immigration reforms that reflect the long-term stays of many of
its low-income workers, whose lives are currently structured according to a guestworker logic that prevents the full enjoyment of human rights and fundamental
freedoms warranted by their inherent dignity as human beings.
2.
Statelessness
73.
The Special Rapporteur recommends that Qatar:
(a)
Ratify the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness;
(b)
Reinstate the nationality of all persons who have been arbitrarily
deprived of it, including among the Bidoon and the Al-Ghufran clan;
(c)
Amend Law No. 38 of 2005 to prevent arbitrary deprivation of
nationality and to ensure redress and the right of appeal before courts for all persons
who have been deprived of their nationality;
(d)
Prohibit the deprivation of nationality that results in statelessness and
remove provisions limiting the right to public and political life of individuals whose
nationality has been reinstated;
(e)
Establish independent and transparent procedures to identify and
determine the number and profiles of all stateless individuals in Qatar, particularly
among the Bidoon and the Al-Ghufran clan;
(f)
Publish any decisions pertaining to maintaining or withdrawing
nationality from members of the Al-Ghufran clan, even if they have since been
repealed.
3.
Refugees and asylum seekers
74.
The Special Rapporteur recommends that Qatar:
(a)
Amend Law No. 11 of 2018 on political asylum in order to ensure that it
is aligned with the refugee definition under international law, that refugees and
asylum seekers are guaranteed civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights
without discrimination in conformity with the International Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights, and that asylum seekers are provided with redress and effective legal
remedies in relation to their requests for refugee status;
(b)
Remove any provisions from Law No. 11 of 2018 that may infringe the
principle of non-refoulement;
(c)
Protocol.
4.
Ratify the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967
Undocumented populations
75.
The Special Rapporteur recommends that Qatar fully respect the rights of
undocumented migrants in accordance with its international obligations, and refrain
from holding children and families with children in immigration detention facilities, in
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