ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES (ECOWAS) PLAN OF ACTION
ON ERADICATION OF STATELESSNESS 2017 – 2024
Statelessness for government
authorities, civil society organizations
and other relevant stakeholders.
1.1.2 Conduct advocacy visits to
decision-makers on accession to the
international legal instruments on
statelessness.
1.1.3 Present a Memorandum to the
ECOWAS Council of Ministers on the
need to accede to the International
Conventions on Statelessness.
CSOs
# of advocacy visits
made;
# of decision-makers
for whom advocacy
was conducted
Memorandum
presented to the
ECOWAS Council of
Ministers
ECOWAS
Commission
UNHCR
CSOs
Reports
2018
ECOWAS
Commission
UNHCR
CSOs
NHRIs
UNHCR
ECOWAS
Memorandum;
Dec 2017
Report of the
meeting of Council of
Ministers
1.1.4 Prepare a draft advocacy
Availability of
Draft advocacy
document for accession to the
document
document
Conventions on Statelessness.
1.1.5 Organize an internal validation
Validation meeting
ECOWAS
Report of validation
meeting on the draft advocacy
organized
UNHCR
meeting
document.
Objective 1.2: Develop a community legal instrument for prevention and reduction of statelessness
Activities
Performance
Responsible
Source of
Indicator
Authority(ies)
Verification
1.2.1 Draft a legal instrument on
Availability of legal
ECOWAS
Draft legal
Prevention and Reduction of
instrument
Commission
instrument
Statelessness.
1.2.2 Organize a meeting of experts to
Expert meeting
ECOWAS
Report of meeting
validate the draft legal instrument.
organized
Commission
experts
Dec 2017
1.2.3 Submit the draft legal instrument to
a meeting of relevant ministers.
2019
Submission of draft
ECOWAS
Commission
Report of ministerial
meeting
2019
Timeframe
2019
2019
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