THE PROBLEM OF STATELESSNESS IN UKRAINE AND THE WAYS OF ADDRESSING IT
of statelessness that would allow stateless persons to confirm their status, to
regularize their stay with documents and to obtain access to the rights and
freedoms guaranteed by Ukraine’s laws and international treaties.
A mandatory stage in overcoming the problem of statelessness in Ukraine
consists of information workshops and trainings both for the staff of the bodies
directly working with stateless persons and for stateless persons themselves
to overcome a legal limbo among these groups in Ukraine and to explain the
procedures of access to Ukrainian citizenship.. A key role in this process should
be assigned to non-governmental organizations that have invaluable experience
of work with the above-mentioned population categories. A specific task should
include establishing cooperation between the non-governmental sector and the
public authorities to identity common goals and divide strategy implementation
roles. It is the level of understanding between UNHCR, non-governmental and
governmental sectors that will greatly determine success of the entire campaign.
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