Recommendations for guardianship services • Provide practical training and information resources on nationality and statelessness for guardians as standard, including how to identify indicators, gather relevant information, and what to do when there is uncertainty about a child’s nationality. • Promote early identification and accurate recording of nationality status by encouraging guardians to raise concerns where nationality is unclear, undetermined, or based on assumptions, and seeking clarification as early as possible. • Routinely consider statelessness and nationality as integral to best interests assessments, case planning, and when planning for a young person’s transition to adulthood. • Support guardians to facilitate access to child-friendly information, interpretation, free legal counselling and free specialist legal assistance on nationality matters for children and young people where required. • Provide guardians with access to specialist support when dealing with complex cases relating to nationality and/or statelessness, including access to country-of-origin information and other relevant resources, as well as to experts with legal and countryspecific knowledge. • Support guardians to advocate for acquisition or confirmation of nationality as key to finding durable, stability‑focused solutions for children and young people. 8