CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS (IO) Short-term recommendations to settle current stateless cases • Increase mobilization and awareness around the issue of statelessness and provide support to the relevant authorities in order to end and prevent this phenomenon. • Continue to lobby the Lebanese authorities to uphold their obligation to protect stateless persons, and end and prevent statelessness on the Lebanese territory. • Provide support to civil society organizations in their efforts to eradicate statelessness in Lebanon. • Maintain contact with stateless persons based on an enhanced understanding of the priorities and issues they face. • Empower members of the stateless community by: o Providing them with updated and accurate information, and raising their awareness on their rights. o Ensuring their access to certain facilities and services, such as Community Development Centers to participate in PSS, skills trainings and life-skills training activities, as well as supported PHCs. o Developing an updated referral pathway of services, including national level ones, available to stateless persons for wider dissemination. o Supporting stateless persons to support each other, such as through information sharing and safe identification and referrals. o All interventions should be adapted to the age, gender and diversity considerations uncovered through this study. CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS (CSO) Short-term recommendations to settle current stateless cases • Raise public awareness on the issue of statelessness in Lebanon, namely across sectors such as education, healthcare, public administration and employment. • Keep supporting and advocating for stateless persons in their quest to acquire citizenship. • Provide training to security services and the army in relation to statelessness and the need to respect stateless persons’ dignity and human rights. • Provide training to mukhtars in relation to their mission and prerogatives when interacting with stateless persons. © 2021 Siren Associates. All Rights Reserved.