Statelessness Network Asia Pacific, The Brunei Project, Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights and Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council at the 33rd Session of the Universal Periodic Review Brunei Darussalam Introduction 1. The Statelessness Network Asia Pacific, The Brunei Project, the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights, and the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion make this joint submission to the Human Rights Council at the 33rd Session of the Universal Periodic Review on the challenges pertaining to citizenship, statelessness and the enjoyment of fundamental human rights in Brunei Darussalam.1 2. The Statelessness Network Asia Pacific2 is a civil society coalition with the goal of promoting collaboration and information sharing on addressing statelessness in Asia and the Pacific. SNAP is driven by a diverse membership and through direct engagement and contribution from its members and stakeholders, particularly formerly stateless persons, stateless persons and persons at risk of statelessness. 3. The Brunei Project3 is an independent human rights initiative that has been monitoring and raising awareness about human rights in Brunei since May 2015. It’s primary method of engagement is through social media, actively seeking out opportunities to increase awareness about human rights through independent projects and in collaboration with like-minded organisations regionally and internationally. 4. The Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights4 mobilizes international action for the removal of gender discriminatory provisions from all nationality laws through its coalition of national and international organizations and activists. 5. The Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion5 is an independent non-profit organisation committed to an integrated, human rights based response to the injustice of statelessness and exclusion through a combination of research, education, partnerships and advocacy. Established in August 2014, it is the first and only global centre committed to promoting the human rights of stateless persons and ending statelessness. The Institute has made over 35 country specific UPR submissions on the human rights of stateless persons, and also compiled summaries of the key human rights challenges related to statelessness in all countries under review under the 23rd to the 31st UPR Sessions. 1 The authors wish to thank Xylie Tran of Fisher Dore Lawyers for her excellent research assistance in preparing this submission. 2 For more information, see https://www.statelessnessnetworkasiapacific.org/ 3 For more information, see www.facebook.com/thebruneiproject 4 For more information, see https://www.equalnationalityrights.org/ 5 For more information, see www.institutesi.org. For more information on the Institute’s UPR advocacy, see http://www.statelessnessandhumanrights.org/upr-universal-periodic-review/resources-database. 1