Participants of the National Roundtable for senior judges in Indonesia organized by the Supreme Court of Indonesia and UNHCR. © UNHCR
From 11 to 15 November, UNHCR supported a study
mission of the Philippine Government to the United
Kingdom to learn about best practices in addressing
statelessness. The mission provided a useful
platform to exchange lessons learned and current
efforts of both States in identifying and protecting
stateless persons and at-risk populations and
strengthening mechanisms to prevent and reduce
statelessness. The study mission was organized in
the context of the Government’s National Action
Plan to End Statelessness by 2024.
On 16 and 17 December, UNHCR and the Supreme
Court of the Republic of Indonesia organized a
National Roundtable on refugee and statelessness
issues for senior judges in Indonesia. The
participants were briefed on UNHCR’s statelessness
mandate and discussed efforts to address
statelessness in the Indonesian context, including
through universal birth registration.
In November and December in Kazakhstan,
UNHCR and partners conducted a series of
awareness-raising and capacity-building events
for government officials in the cities of Nur-Sultan,
Shymkent, Karaganda, Taraz and Kyzylorda. The
events focused on issues related to the identification
of stateless persons and referral to legal partner
organizations.
On 28 November, UNHCR met with the
Parliamentary International Relations Committee
of Myanmar to give a briefing on UNHCR’s
statelessness mandate and statelessness issues
globally. UNHCR also updated the committee on the
progress of the #IBelong Campaign and provided
examples of the kind of technical support UNHCR
contributes to governments’ efforts to address
statelessness.
On 12 December, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, a National
Roundtable on Birth Registration and Prevention
of Childhood Statelessness was organized
under the umbrella of the UNHCR-UNICEF Global
Coalition on Every Child’s Right to a Nationality.
The event brought together civil registry officers
and statelessness practitioners to discuss current
challenges related to birth registration and develop
plans to move towards universal coverage in
Kyrgyzstan.
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