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Figure 1. UNHCR, IBelong Campaign Poster, 2021.
Reproduced with permission from UNHCR Media Team.
the same visual design would have emerged had stateless people been more involved in framing
how their own issue is to be represented. However, it should be noted that, from this “low bar”
starting point, UNHCR has progressively developed its engagement with people affected by
statelessness throughout the IBelong campaign, leading to an approach more focused on partnership with stateless-led organizations. For instance, the agency has supported the emergence
of United Stateless in the USA (UNHCR, 2023) and Unione Italiana Apolidi in Italy (UNHCR
Innovation Service, 2023). Indeed, consultation and partnership with stateless-led organizations
has become of key pillar of the new Global Alliance to End Statelessness.
The Benetton campaign claims it “gives a face and voice to the world”s invisible stateless
people”, adding that “[s]tateless people often live their lives unseen, unheard and unrepresented”
(Benetton Group, 2014). However, the visuals themselves are reminiscent of some of Benetton”s
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