Upcoming events
From 9 to 11 December, in Bangkok, Thailand
From 9 to 13 December, in Yaoundé, Cameroon
UNHCR is organizing a first meeting of national
technical experts on improving statistics on stateless
persons. The purpose of the meeting is to develop
guidance that can support statistics production in
the area of stateless persons, improve reporting and
build national capacity.
UNHCR and the Catholic University of Central
Africa will organize a summer course in French on
statelessness. The objective of the course is to help
actors to deepen their understanding of nationality
law and statelessness.
From 3 to 7 February, in Melbourne, Australia
From 9 to 12 December, in Pretoria, South Africa
The Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness will
offer its second Statelessness Intensive Course
to provide participants with the skills and practical
tools to understand and address the problem of
statelessness.
In partnership with the Institute on Statelessness
and Inclusion, UNHCR and Lawyers for Human
Rights South Africa, UNICEF will organize
an “Advanced intensive training program on
childhood statelessness and the child’s right to
a nationality” under the umbrella of the UNHCRUNICEF Coalition to End Childhood Statelessness.
The course is designed to help actors already
engaged in addressing statelessness to deepen
their understanding of childhood statelessness
and strategies to promote a child-rights-centred
approach to the issue, and it will also help existing
child rights actors strengthen their capacity to
engage on this issue.
From 8 to 14 June, in Sanremo, Italy
The 9th English Course on Statelessness will take
place at the International Institute for Humanitarian
Law in Sanremo. The course is co-organized by
UNHCR and focuses on government representatives
looking into addressing statelessness and NGOs
working with stateless people.
Campaign Resources
Learn More About
Statelessness
Want to support the Campaign? Take a look at our
#IBelong website and post a digital banner on your
website, mobilize your social media contacts by
sharing one of our posts, download and post our
Twitter cards or embed a short video that explains
statelessness. Videos, photo essays and web stories
can be found on our #IBelong stories page. Legal
resources are available on Refworld.
Learning about statelessness is fun and easy.
Take advantage of our self-study module from the
comfort of your armchair!
unhcr.org/ibelong
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