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statelessness, consequences, causes
and risk-factors at the DNPI, and advocate
for non-discriminatory practices for
access to nationality in line with Article 14
of the 2011 Transitional Constitution of the
Republic of South Sudan;
Support the development of capacity
within the DNPI to effectively train its
own staff by jointly developing and
implementing a thorough training
curriculum;
Identify good practices with regard to the
issuance of nationality certificates, and
facilitate a study visit of DNPI officials and
CSOs to the selected countries in the
African region;
Within available resources, provide
logistical support to the DNPI in sending
mobile teams to remote communities
at risk of statelessness to receive and
process applications for nationality
certificates;
Assist particularly vulnerable persons
at risk of statelessness, including crossborder and nomadic populations,
minorities, returned migrants, returning
vulnerable refugees as well as internally
displaced persons in South Sudan, in
their nationality application procedures
through financial, logistic or legal
assistance and advice;
Support community health workers
and medical institutions to provide
standardised birth notifications pending
the approval of the Civil Registration
Law and the implementation of formal
birth registration by legally competent
authorities;
Develop cooperation with and the
capacity of CSOs to monitor processing
nationality applications in South Sudan
by authorities, facilitate fair practices and
identify persons at risk of statelessness
in order to provide them with necessary
legal counselling and assistance to
access nationality documentation.
Facilitate
inter-agency
cooperation
between
governmental
institutions,
CSOs, UN, donors and other concerned
parties on issues related to granting
nationality and preventing statelessness
in South Sudan.
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A Study of Statelessness in South Sudan - 2017