A Study of Statelessness in South Sudan - 2017
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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 cross-border 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;
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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.
© UNHCR / Rocco Nuri
A South Sudanese woman in Wau after receiving her South Sudanese identity card with support from UNHCR.
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