Three States adopted new National Action Plans to
End Statelessness. On 10 September, Niger adopted
a National Action Plan against Statelessness. On
21 November, a National Action Plan was validated
in Madagascar during a workshop organized by
the Ministry of Justice. Representatives of the
Parliament, the Senate, Ministries of Foreign Affairs,
Internal Affairs, and National Education, as well
as the National Commission for Human Rights
participated in the event. On 22 November, the
Central African Republic adopted its National Action
Plan to End Statelessness.
From 8 to 10 November, UNHCR convened a
‘Dialogue with Parliamentarians on Nationality and
Statelessness in Zimbabwe’ with the Parliament
of Zimbabwe. The workshop was attended by the
Deputy President of the Senate, Chairpersons and
55 Members of Parliament from different portfolio
committees. Participants discussed the significance
of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of
Statelessness with a view to accession. Participants
also developed a draft joint action plan to ensure
Zimbabwe’s legal, policy and administrative
frameworks are in line with international instruments
and safeguards on the prevention and eradication
of statelessness.
From 21 to 25 October, the Ministry of Home Affairs
of Eswatini convened meetings in all four regions
to sensitize traditional leaders and chiefs about
the importance of reforming the Constitution and
uphold citizens’ rights to transmit their nationality
to their children. The meetings were organized in
the context of the recent adoption of the National
Action Plan to End Statelessness by the Government
of Eswatini.
From 9 to 12 December, the UNHCR-UNICEF
Coalition on Every Child’s Right to a Nationality, in
partnership with the Institute on Statelessness and
Inclusion and Lawyers for Human Rights, organized
a training on childhood statelessness in Pretoria,
South Africa. The training gathered government
and NGO representatives from countries across
southern Africa.
Participants of the Dialogue with Parliamentarians on Nationality and Statelessness in Zimbabwe, organized by UNHCR. © UNHCR
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