4, ADDRESSING STATELESSNESS THROUGH THE RIGHTS TO EQUALITY AND NON-DISCRIMINATION non-provision of citizenship certificates to individuals.”* At the international level, this work has been supported by the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights and others, who have raised the issue in international fora and made equality and non-discrimination based submissions to the UPR and CRC.” There is also the possibility of bringing individual cases under CEDAW. While these efforts have not yet resulted in full legal reform, they have been partially successful (both in securing rights for individuals and in achieving partial legal reform). Furthermore, they have ensured that the issue remains on the table both nationally and internationally, building towards the possibility of more comprehensive reform in the future. While itis important to look at the individual grounds of discrimination which cause statelessness (gender, race, etc.), itis equally important to take a more comprehensive “unified” approach which acknowledges the interactions between different grounds of discrimination and the impact of multiple forms of discrimination, and that addresses all forms of discrimination without prioritising one over the other. Finally, it is worth reiterating that legal interventions alone will not end discrimination and inequality. Minds and attitudes must be engaged in longer-term efforts which challenge prejudice and encourage inclusion. Both encouragement and caution can be taken from the successes of other equality movements such as the civil rights movement in the United States, women’s rights movements across the world and, increasingly, the LBGTI movement. These struggles show us both how much has changed over time, and how much resistance there continues to be to change which requires people to recognise the inherent equality of all and the consequent duty to not discriminate and exclude. 78 ” See, for example, Supreme Court of Nepal, Forum for Protection of Public Interests v. HMG Nepal, 2005; Supreme Court of Nepal, Writ no. 0035, Ranjeet Thapa v. Government of Nepal, 26 June 2009; Supreme Court of Nepal, Writ no. 0089, Nakkile Maharjan v. Government of Nepal, decision 2064/1/4; Supreme Court of Nepal, Writ no 06/0703, Sabina Damai and FWLD v. Government of Nepal, 27 February 2011; Supreme Court of Nepal, Writ No. 0880, Shanti Nagarkoti and Bhola Nagarkoti v. Government of Nepal, 24, March 2014; and Supreme Court of Nepal, Writ no. 34, Lily Thapa v. Government of Nepal, N.K.P. 2062, vol. 9, p. 1054, decision no.7588, 15 December 2005. See, for example, Nepal Civil Society Network of Citizenship Rights, the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights and the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council at the 23rd Session of the Universal Periodic Review Nepal, 2015. 128

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